4th Nor'Easter Hits East Coast

It's a storm that's been nicknamed "four'easter" since it's the fourth nor'easter to batter the east coast, in as many of weeks. This low pressure system passed over southern Illinois through the weekend has now moved into the Ohio River Valley and has been strengthening. There are winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings in place through the Ohio River Valley and into the Mid-South ,and then they extend along the northeast coast up through Maine. 

The areas of heavy snow over Indiana and Ohio late last night and early this morning, has shifted now over Virginia and Pennsylvania. Visibility is low in these areas due to the falling snow and elevated gusty winds. Through the afternoon today and into Thursday the low will move east and hook northeast, moving up the coast over the Atlantic. This will again bring strong winds along the far east coast, with gusts near 30-40mph.

Snow will accumulate anywhere between 2" to 12" through Friday morning before the system moves far enough into the Atlantic to bring an end to the snow. Travel will be extremely difficult due to low visibility, and very slick conditions. Along with heavy snow, there will be storm force winds and large waves which will make for hazardous conditions along the coast an in the Atlantic. There could even be minor to moderate coastal flooding.