Hurricane-Force Blizzard Takes Aim at New England, With Another Blockbuster Storm Possibly Coming Next Week

An animation of forecast winds at about 18,000 feet. (Source: earth.nullschool.net) Note: Please see the updates below. Since I posted this on Sunday night, the forecast for the second round of storminess has already changed. As I'm writing this, a storm barreling down from the Great Lakes has approached the Atlantic coast near Washington, D.C. It's forecast to start marching northeast toward New England tonight into Sunday. If it sets up as expected, parts of New England could well get walloped by a hurricane-force blizzard. I'm not using that word lightly. The forecast is for hurricane force winds by Cape Cod: