Frigid cold and frequent snow have spread across the Midwest and Northeast regions of the U.S. to begin the week. AccuWeather's Geoff Cornish says opportunities for more snow are expected to continue.
00:00We've had some tenacious cold and frequent snow for many in the north central and the mid-Atlantic states into the northeast as well, but not everybody's gotten in on it.
00:09We have some widespread snow cover. As of 1 a.m. this Tuesday morning, about a third of the contiguous 48 states were covered in snow, but there is a lack between areas like Philadelphia and Boston, right along I-95 to the coast there.
00:24We have not really seen much of any significant snow there yet. We're still waiting for it. We've had a slow start in Denver, but we have had a few inches of snow there, several inches at the airport at least.
00:34So some have seen a huge surplus. Look at South Bend, Indiana. Typically by now, we'd have about 7.9 inches on the road to 64.5 for the whole season.
00:43We're already at half of our annual average snowfall, way ahead of normal, about two feet above average. Pretty impressive.
00:51Chicago, typically you've had about 3.7 inches by now. We've already had 17 inches in Chicago.
00:57Richmond, Virginia, we've had 20 times the typical amount of snow for this early in the season.
01:02Typically we'd be at 0.3 inches, at least that's the historical average for this early in the season.
01:07We're at six inches of snow. We've had a couple of decent rounds of snow Friday and again on Monday.
01:13And down the road in places like Newport News, 6.9 inches were reported just on Monday alone.
01:19Now, on the other hand, typically by now we'd have about 2.5 inches in Boston, just a trace so far.
01:25Nothing measurable yet. Typically by now we'd have 1.4 inches in New York there, also just a trace.
01:31Now, it's very early. The average amount by now, very slim on the road to between 2.5 and 4 plus feet in those cities.
01:40So we've got plenty of snow ahead of us. It is early, but there is a snowy pattern continuing for the Midwest,
01:46the Great Lakes area, and much of the Northeast here through this week, even into the weekend.
01:50And there's potential for some snow for some of those I-95 cities.
01:54It may not be much, but there's potential for some later this weekend.
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