PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Just days after the official end of one of the snowiest winters on record, another storm began its trek up the Interstate 95 corridor Tuesday, dropping flurries on Washington and Philadelphia on its way to Cape Cod, which was expected to see some of the highest snow totals.
With the calendar finally saying spring, many residents were dismayed to hear that another big storm was coming.
"I'm ready for summer," said 25-year-old nurse Krystina Smith as she rode the subway in Boston on Tuesday. "It's April. When will it stop? I have to work tomorrow, and I don't want to have to shovel again before I go in."
But the National Weather Service insisted the timing, though unwelcome, wasn't out of the ordinary.
"It is not unusual to have storms this late in the year," weather service spokesman Bill Simpson said, adding that April has seen quite a few big storms in the past. The Boston area got more than 2 inches of snow in an April storm last year and was blanketed with almost 2 feet the same month in 1997.
"The snowfall can go early or stay late," said William Babcock of the weather service. "When you are in New England, it all depends on the year."
A powerful low-pressure system was expected to develop off the Mid-Atlantic coast Tuesday night. Where and how much snow falls will depend on the storm's track, according to the weather service. But wind and temperatures 20 to 25 degrees below normal were expected to cover the Mid-Atlantic states and New England as the storm trekked from the Blacksburg area of southern Virginia to Maine.
More than half a foot of snow was forecast to hit southeastern Massachusetts on Tuesday evening into Wednesday, and................
With the calendar finally saying spring, many residents were dismayed to hear that another big storm was coming.
"I'm ready for summer," said 25-year-old nurse Krystina Smith as she rode the subway in Boston on Tuesday. "It's April. When will it stop? I have to work tomorrow, and I don't want to have to shovel again before I go in."
But the National Weather Service insisted the timing, though unwelcome, wasn't out of the ordinary.
"It is not unusual to have storms this late in the year," weather service spokesman Bill Simpson said, adding that April has seen quite a few big storms in the past. The Boston area got more than 2 inches of snow in an April storm last year and was blanketed with almost 2 feet the same month in 1997.
"The snowfall can go early or stay late," said William Babcock of the weather service. "When you are in New England, it all depends on the year."
A powerful low-pressure system was expected to develop off the Mid-Atlantic coast Tuesday night. Where and how much snow falls will depend on the storm's track, according to the weather service. But wind and temperatures 20 to 25 degrees below normal were expected to cover the Mid-Atlantic states and New England as the storm trekked from the Blacksburg area of southern Virginia to Maine.
More than half a foot of snow was forecast to hit southeastern Massachusetts on Tuesday evening into Wednesday, and................
