Mega Bomb Superstorm Still A Threat to Cape Cod, Maine, Canada; In Vermont, Not So Much

Yes, we're still in a tizzy in the weather world about that storm that's supposed to be off the East Coast later Tuesday and Wednesday.  

Storm surge during the Blizzard of 1978 in Massachusetts
It won't be as bad as this during this week's upcoming
storm, but Atlantic Canada is in for quite a blow.  

It's still going to be a monster, we're still callling it a bomb because it will develop so explosively, but it also still looks like most of the U.S. East Coast will be spared the worst of it.

A blizzard watch and coastal flood watch are up for Cape Cod and the islands in Massachusetts, and it still looks like things will get pretty nasty in Down East Maine, too.

But this will largely be a Canadian storm, with areas around Nova Scotia and New Brunswick taking the brunt of the blow.

Nova Scotia is bracing for hurricane force winds, and some areas of southeastern Canada could get a couple feet of badly windblown snow.

That said, there's still a few question marks. The National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass., which serves most of southern New England, said the path of the storm is uncertain enough so that we still don't know if bigger cities like Boston and Providence will only get light snow and gusty winds or a full blown winter storm.

Long Island, New York might get into the act, too, and there might even be some some in the New York City area.

More to the north and west, once you get into New Hampshire and Vermont, the storm will just produce clouds, maybe a little light snow and a chilly north wind. We've gotten used to that.

Speaking of chilly, it's below zero again this morning in a wide swath of the interior Northeast. It was 24 below in Saranac Lake, N.Y. -20 in Canaan,  Vermont, -15 in Berlin, N.H. and -13 in Whitefield, N.H.

Isn't springtime in the North Country glorious?

The good news is that almost everyone in New England will see the last of the below zero weather of the season this week.  Fewer places than this morning will be below zero tomorrow morning, and just the coldest spots will be below zero Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

After that, it turns milder. Not totally springlike going into early April, but at least warm enough to get the snow melting, especially in the valleys. Maple sugaring, which has been kind of slow due to the cold, will pick up steam, too.

The next storm on Friday and Saturday doesn't look big. Expect light rain in the valleys, mostly, and maybe some wet snow in the mountains of New England and New York then.