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First Winter Storm on Its Way this Weekend

AccuWeather.com meteorologist Henry Margusity reports in his blog that models show a trend in the direction of a storm this weekend. He suggests that a wave will come out of the Southwest and be captured by the northern branch digging into the East with the result of a major storm blowing up along the coast.

The air mass ahead of the storm will be very cold, so while some places will have rain, it may end up snowing and ice for several hours prior to any change over to rain. This will be the case for areas from the upper Tennessee Valley into Virginia and perhaps western North Carolina where cold air will be dammed-up.

"The extreme cold catching up to the storm has me concerned that some people will end up having several hours of extreme weather." Margusity said. "I hate to use the "blizzard" word, but that is the extreme (potential) of the storm."

Regardless, Margusity advises folks from the Plains to the mid-Atlantic and New England and Great Lakes to pay close attention to the storm because he believes this will be the first big snowstorm of the season.