The historic and record setting storm system that wreaked havoc in the Northeast has stalled near Long Island and will now slowly wind down during the upcoming weekend.
What is left of this mighty storm will meander its way along southern New England this weekend will slowly dissipate as limps back out to sea.
There will be some occasional light snow swirling around the storm as it goes along the coast Long Island to Cape Cod.
A band of light to moderate snow behind the wilting storm will linger from Michigan to the Ohio Valley into the mountains of West Virginia through much of the weekend. Additional snow accumulations of 1 to 5 inches will be likely, with locally 4 to 6 inches possible in the higher elevations of Maine, New England and the mountains in West Virginia.
A Fast moving Gulf storm will bring quick moving showers and thunderstorms across Florida on today.
This storm will then quickly emerge as a new Atlantic storm moving from Florida to south of Nova Scotia by Sunday night.
As it makes its journey northward the storm will quickly intensify which means more gusty winds for New England and coastal Maine by the second half of the weekend.
The system is then expected to pull westward Sunday night into Monday which could mean more accumulating snows for Down East Maine.
Meanwhile, in the West a strong Pacific storm will slam ashore early this morning.
This storm will power heavy rains and possible thunderstorms through California into the Southwest.
The rain will come down heavy enough to lead to possible mudslides in and around the burn areas around the Los Angeles Basin Today into tonight as a result the flood watches have been posted for these areas.
The storm will bring heavy snow to the mountains with 1 to 2 feet possible from the northern Sierra into the central and southern Wasatch.
The heavy snow will eventually reach the southern Rockies later this weekend.
Source: www.weather.com