It’s Beginning To Look

At Lot Like Bad Weather

Rain, Wind, Even Floods Possible Here

Drenching rain, gusty winds, thunderstorms and even floods are possibly across Upstate New York on Christmas Eve and Christmas, Accuweather is warning.

“A potent storm will slowly move across much of the eastern U.S. Christmas Eve during the day and on Christmas itself,” explained AccuWeather Meteorologist Jessica Storm.

“Ahead of the storm, milder air and a lot of moisture will surge northward along gusty winds. The storm will tap into all this moisture to spread drenching rain across a large swath of the East,” she said.

One area of particular concern is the interior Northeast, which was just buried by feet of snow last week; that would include Otsego County. Some of the heaviest rainfall totals from this storm could now target those same areas.

“There is the equivalent of 1-2 inches, in some even 3 inches of rain locked up in the snowcover across much of Pennsylvania into New England,” said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson.

“Combined with another 2 or 3 inches of rain and mild temperatures, all of that could melt and run off quickly and cause some significant flooding issues in the region.”

As temperatures quickly crash on the backside of this storm system, all of the standing water that could develop from the Appalachians and mid-Atlantic through the Northeast could then turn into a sheet of ice.

Despite the thick cover of snow, all of the mild air and rain expected to surge into the Northeast will prevent many from ending up with a white Christmas. Many in the region will have to hope for some fresh snow on the backside of this storm to regain a white covering on the ground.