What’s an Alberta Clipper? Explaining name behind snowstorm [Video]

A snowstorm in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve is expected to create slick travel conditions during Tuesday’s morning commute, and lead to a white Christmas for many in Maine.You may have heard Maine’s Total Weather meteorologists referring to the storm as an Alberta Clipper.An Alberta Clipper is a fast-moving, low-pressure system, associated with cold and dry air masses, that moves southeast out of the Canadian province of Alberta in southwestern Canada and through the Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes region, usually during the winter. The storm system gets its name as it “clips” the Northeast.This low-pressure area is usually …