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[January 12, 2011] (AP) A major snowfall event is in store for the Northeast on Wednesday.

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Insurance The large low pressure system that brought widespread snow to the Midwest on Tuesday will continue advancing northeast and merge with the other system coming up the coast. Expect snow showers to continue from the Great Lakes to the Ohio and Tennessee valleys, spreading across the Appalachians and Northeast by Wednesday morning. This coastal storm is expected to bring a large amount of Atlantic moisture with it, dumping moderate to heavy snow over portions of New England Wednesday. Snowfall rates are expected around an inch per hour, with 2 to 4 inches possible at times. Moreover, snow accumulations can reach as much as 8 to 12 inches, with locally higher amounts possible.

In the midsection of the nation, cold high pressure will dominate across the region Wednesday, bringing well-below-average temperatures across the Midwest. In addition, some moisture will creep up from Mexico, producing scattered light rain over the southern tip of Texas.

Out West, another Pacific system will be approaching the British Columbia and northwestern U.S. Wednesday morning, producing widespread coastal rain and mountain snow across the Northwest and northern California. The heaviest precipitation should fall in western Washington and northwestern Oregon. A small area of the Pacific Northwest may see freezing rain Wednesday morning.

Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Tuesday ranged from a morning low of minus 29 degrees at Gunnison, Colo., to a high of 82 degrees at Opa Locka, Fla.

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[Associated Press article from Weather Underground]