<NOW NBC5 FIRST WARNING WEATHER…THE AREA’S CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST> MATT, THE WEATHER TODAY WAS…. ANCHORS CHAT…. Widespread snow will move into the region this afternoon into this evening. The snow will persist through early Friday, with a few to several inches of snow accumulation expected. Winds will becom
As a fast-moving system is expected to bring some plowable snow to Vermont, Northern New York and much of New England this week, many might be wondering what an Alberta Clipper is.We break down what this term means and where it comes from.An Alberta Clipper, also known as a Canadian clipper, Alberta cyclone or an Alberta low, is a low-pressure system that originates near the province of Alberta, Canada.The term was coined in the 1960s by Rheinhart Harms, a meteorologist at the U.S. National Weather Service Office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin who noted the rapid speed of these snow-producing storms as they …