Major Eastern Snowstorm

There continues to be some indication that a major storm will affect the Eastern states and neighboring Canada this weekend. The storm would be part of a series of potentially major weather events through the end of February.
Part of the system that could produce a major storm along the East Coast this weekend (Feb. 16 and 17, 2013), was still over the northern part of the Pacific Ocean to start the week.
However, with the way cold air will plunge southward over the Central states this weekend may not only set up a corresponding northward storm track along the Atlantic Seaboard. It could cause the storm to strengthen rapidly as it moves up from the South.
It will be a matter of how quickly the storm strengthens to determine if heavy snow is thrown back over the Atlantic Seaboard or falls over Atlantic waters.

Link: http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/weekend-storm-potential/5997763