The first northeast of the season should hit the Northeast and New England.

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Much of the Northeast and New England has still experienced unusually quiet winter season (Besides areas around the Great Lakes). However, this week everything changes.

As of March 1, we’re already in meteorological spring, which means we haven’t seen a single Northern Easter during the winter months, and there has been little to no snow in some of the major cities on the East Coast. But the big spring of the northeast is coming, which will have far-reaching implications for the Northeast and New England this week.

“On Monday night, coastal low pressure will quickly turn into strong northeast pressure, which will significantly affect the northeast from Monday evening until Wednesday,” the Weather Prediction Center said.

A northeasterly storm is a coastal storm with northeasterly winds. The northeast is notorious for its huge impacts such as heavy rains, snowfalls, high winds, power outages and coastal flooding.

“The biggest concern I have about this storm is that there will be heavy sleet combined with strong winds that will cause power outages,” Weather Prediction Center director David Novak told CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam. . “The weight of the snow will be extreme. This is known as “snow load” and is associated with expected heavy sleet.”

Areas around New York will begin to feel the effects of the storm later today. Heavy rain and windy conditions will be in play before the storm intensifies tonight through Tuesday evening. Closer to Boston, the storm will peak Tuesday through Wednesday.

“Strong wet snow patterns combined with maximum wind gusts of up to 50 mph will result in scattered and widespread power outages and tree damage,” the forecasting center explained. “Similar impacts could be felt along the I-95 corridor from New York to Boston.”

Along Cape Cod and the islands, wind gusts can reach 60 mph. Further inland, winds will exceed 50-55 mph, increasing the threat of falling tree branches and power outages.

More than 20 million people are on a winter storm alert, including cities like Boston and Worcester in Massachusetts, Albany and Syracuse in New York and Portland, Maine.

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Heavy sleet can fall at a rate of 2 to 3 inches per hour, resulting in up to a foot of snow in the highlands of the northeast. The area includes the Catskills and southern Adirondacks in New York, the Berkshires and Worcester Hills in Massachusetts, Monadnox and the White Mountains in New Hampshire, and the southern Green Mountains in Vermont. Possible local total of 24 to 30 inches of snow.

“We are trying to tell people not to pay attention to the amount of snow you have. In some areas there will be a lot of them, and in others only four or five inches,” said Glen Field, warning meteorologist-coordinator of the weather service in Boston. “Just over four inches of heavy sleet would be enough to knock down trees, power lines and power outages,” he added.

Novak said there will be a dramatic difference between the total amount of snow at the lower and upper levels. Some areas around Boston could have up to 7 inches of snow, he said, while other areas, such as downtown, could have no snow at all.

Along with rain, snow, gusty winds and possible power outages, coastal flooding and beach erosion will be another major problem along the coast. In coastal areas of New York and Connecticut, residents can expect water levels to be a foot and a half above normal levels. This can lead to flooding of coastal settlements. In addition, four-foot waves will break along the coastline, causing beach erosion.

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The storm comes at the end of the season, however, this is not unheard of. The northeast could hit the northeast before April. In 1997 Nor’Ester on April Fool’s Day buried New England. However, it is strange that the first of the season strikes so late. New Englanders knew better than to count on finishing the season without a north easter, Field said.

“I think everyone was still expecting us to get it,” Field said.

By Wednesday evening, the northeast will subside, leaving cold and windy conditions.

In anticipation of the storm, the Governor of Maine. Janet Mills ordered government offices to close on Tuesday.

“I urge the people of Maine to stay off the road whenever possible, plan for extra travel time, and give enough room to the highway crews and first responders who are hard at work to keep us safe,” Mills said.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has declared a state of emergency in five counties – Morris, Sussex, Warren, Passaic and Bergen – in the upstate.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont ordered a partial activation of the state’s emergency operations center starting Tuesday.