4/22/12 Major Storm to Move Up the Coast.

A late season nor'easter in set to cause some problems across the Northeast and into Appalachia overnight tonight and Monday.

For the Boston area, a cold front will struggle to push through Massachusetts and become stalled through the center of the state. This will be a focusing area as a developing low pressure over the Gulf of Mexico and Florida will move northward bringing heavy rain and winds.

It will be too warm in much of New England so expect heavy rains, however, further west into New York and PA, cold air will work in as another low over Iowa merges with the Gulf low and will create a damaging late season snowstorm, where over a foot of snow could fall .

Storm is similar in nature and structure to that of the Great Blizzard of 1993, with the exception of cold air in place due to time of year.

Impacts for the Boston Area:

• Heavy Rain thru Monday afternoon up to 3-4 inches possible
• Flooding of small streams and poor drainage areas likely
• River flooding not expected due to dry winter and spring and drought conditions
• Strong winds along the coast up to 40 mph
• High surf possible.