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Big Storm to Take Swipe at New England

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Last update: November 3, 2009 - 2:25 PM

A storm coming out of western Canada (affectionately known as an Alberta Clipper) will rapidly strengthen once it gets off the East Coast Thursday night. The storm will probably leave the mid-Atlantic region pretty much unscathed, but New England, especially from Rhode Island to southeastern Maine, could get a big blow from it.

The storm will produce a wind-driven rain along the immediate coastline with a turn to snow expected not too far inland. The higher elevations from Worcester, Mass., to just inland from Portland, Maine, could get a couple to a few inches.

Central and northern New England can expect scattered snow showers with the mountains of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine (ski resort level) having some accumulation.

A short period of lake-effect snow is expected downwind of lakes Erie and Ontario, but this will not become a major event for the snow belts. Notice that along the immediate lake shores, rain showers are favored over snow. That's because the lake waters are still quite mild.

Story By AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist John Kocet

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