Potential nor'easter l Weather Wisdom Wednesday

Parts of the East Coast bracing for what could be their first taste of winter and the threat of a Nor'easter. It's just another reminder why so many of you spend your winters right here in Arizona. So what could millions of people who are not here in Arizona? Be facing this weekend. All right. Crystal is breaking it down in her weather wisdom Wednesday. Good morning, Crystal. Hey, good morning, guys. So you probably have seen something on like your social media feed or maybe you've heard something about a nor'easter that's heading for New England. Let's talk about first off what a nor'easter even is. If you've heard it before and you are really just grew up in the deserts, you probably are not very familiar with it. Nor'easter is a storm system that forms along the east coast with winds that wrap over land coming from the northeast. So you can see here. Low pressure, winds wrap in a counterclockwise motion. So when a system is sitting just off the coastline, typically when you have a nor'easter, that's kind of the setup you end up with. Those winds are wrapping up and then right back down through the northeast. So it brings in that northeast wind that can be super powerful. But also, this helps pick up slightly warmer air over the ocean as we get colder into the winter season especially, which can create a gradient from rain to snow and in between clouds. All of which very dangerous as a nor'easter develops. Now also strong to damaging winds typically come with nor'easter, beach erosion and even coastal flooding again with those strong winds forcing inland. It's not the same setup as a hurricane but that wind forcing mechanism can create similar issues. Most typically nor'easters develop between September and April. Now with that in mind, this is how this nor'easter is looking. This is extremely early in the season so the real battle is going to be how much snow can you get out of a system this early but it does look like some snow. For mostly higher elevations, inland is going to be possible between Thursday and Saturday. We're also looking at very rainy conditions along the coastline, including that I-95 corridor that stretches all the way through Philly and up to New York and all the way through town areas like Boston. And then windy along the coastline as well is what's expected with this system. So here's the future snowcast for the forecast as it heads into this weekend. If you happen to have family up that way, if you're traveling that way, yeah, there's going to be at least some snow it looks like right now. Biggest totals are going to be likely over six inches in some of the higher elevations of parts of northern New York, potentially into portions of Vermont as well. But some snow may extend down as far as Connecticut. Now, the temperatures are also going to be really plunging, which has not happened a lot so far this season. So for folks on the East Coast, this is going to be a big change for them compared to what they've been dealing with. The cold air that's usually locked up in Canada is starting to drop to the north here with that low. Look how the cool air extends all the way southward. This is through Thursday and right on into Friday down into evening. Even parts of Florida feeling the impacts of this cooler intrusion. And then finally going into the weekend, that low will start to kind of move off the coastline and things will begin to rebound temperature-wise. But I just wanted to show off the future temps because you can see like 50s and 60s, 70s, and then down in Jacksonville this afternoon, 80s expected. Let's do a little comparison here. Pause the clock. You can see that cold air starting to dip in through Thursday. But look at this. By the time we get into like your Friday time slot here, we are looking at a very big difference in temperatures. Cheers. 30s and 40s up and... We'll be right back. We haven't had much wintry weather yet, so this will be the first big wave. Yeah, get those big coats out, right? Yeah, be able to light the fires, you know, the fireplace, maybe add the crackle. Mm-hmm. It's going to feel like winter. All right, Crystal, thank you.