Snow coming to Northeast 'is just wrong'

It may still be October, but the Northeast is facing a wintry weekend blast of up to 12 inches in higher areas and several inches along the coast.

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"This is just wrong," said Dee Lund of East Hampton, Conn., who was getting four new tires put on her car before a weekend road trip to New Hampshire.

October snowfall records could be broken in parts of southern New England, especially at higher elevations. The October record for southern New England is 7.5 inches in Worcester, Conn., in 1979.

The most snow will likely hit the Massachusetts Berkshires, the Litchfield Hills in northwestern Connecticut, and southwestern New Hampshire, said National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Simpson.

The storm could bring more than 6 inches of snow to parts of Maine beginning Saturday night. In Pennsylvania, 6 to 10 inches could fall at higher elevations, including the Laurel Highlands in the southwestern part of the state and the Pocono Mountains in the northeastern part. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh could see a coating.

"This is very, very unusual," said John LaCorte, a National Weather Service meteorologist in State College, Pa. "It has all the look and feel of a classic midwinter Nor'easter. It's going to be very dangerous."

The last major widespread snowstorm in Pennsylvania this early was in 1972, LaCorte said.

The heaviest snowfall was forecast north and west of the I-95 highway corridor, where about six to 12 inches of heavy, wet snow could down tree limbs and power lines from Allentown, Pa., to Worcester, Mass., according to The Weather Channel.

Even New York City was taking precautions, readying salt spreaders and snow staff earlier in the season than in any of the previous 40 years, nbcnewyork.com reported.

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia from Friday night through Saturday afternoon.

Temperatures were expected to drop into the 30s across much of the Northeast by Friday morning with snow starting to accumulate Saturday morning and piling up during the day before ending by Sunday.

Albany, N.Y., saw 1.6 inches on Thursday and Boston got its first dusting late Thursday night.

Even some mid-Atlantic areas could see snow.

Residents of the Washington, D.C., area can expect rain and snow to begin late Friday night, News4 meteorologist Tom Kierein reported.

Accumulation of snow was predicted west of D.C. on Saturday ? especially in areas with elevations above 1,500 feet ? but any snow likely will melt on roadways at lower elevations.

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The D.C. area has not had any October snow since 1979, according to News4.

Forecasters warned that the early snow from the Nor'easter moving up the coast could bring down tree limbs ? something that Colorado got a dose of this week.

About 9,000 homes and businesses along Colorado's Front Range were still without power Friday afternoon following a fall snowstorm that downed trees and power lines. Outages were in metro Denver and Boulder and in Greeley, Fort Collins and Loveland to the north. The storm Tuesday and Wednesday brought about six inches of snow to Denver and about a foot to Greeley.

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Even Occupy Wall Street activists ? from New York to Colorado ? have been preparing for a tough season of snow, sleet and cold.

The Colorado activists got a round of snow and frost this week, while in New York City police confiscated generators used to heat the activists' camp there.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45075876/ns/weather/

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