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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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From: Justin C10/29/2012 3:29:46 PM
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That darn global warming .... "It's unusual to have a hurricane with such cold air."

Sandy to Dump Snow on West Virginia

By KRIS MAHER

Snow has begun to fall in the mountains of West Virginia and is expected to intensify over the next 24 hours across Appalachia as precipitation from Hurricane Sandy collides with cold air from the west.

The National Weather Service is forecasting snowfall of between two and three feet at the higher elevations along the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, and lower accumulations across hilly swaths of southwestern Virginia and western Maryland. Snow could also accumulate in the Laurel Highlands in western Pennsylvania.

The early dumping of snow is the result of an unusual confluence of a tropical hurricane moving north and west and a front of cold air pushing east. In New York state and New England, warmer precipitation carried along by the hurricane is expected to continue to fall as rain.

"The bulls-eye of the heavy snow is going to be south of Pennsylvania in West Virginia and Maryland," said Joe Palko, a Pittsburgh-based hydrologist with the National Weather Service. He said he had been monitoring traffic cams Monday morning showing snow falling in Tucker County, W.Va.

The weather service has issued a rare blizzard warning for heavy snow and low visibility conditions in several counties in West Virginia and Maryland.

"I can't ever remember a hurricane causing blizzard warning," said Mr. Palko. "It's unusual to have a hurricane with such cold air."

In West Virginia, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin urged residents to gather supplies like batteries, flash lights, bottled water, food, blankets and medicine. He said the West Virginia National Guard was standing by and that the state's highway staff had prepared snow removal equipment and was scheduled to begin plowing roads at midnight.

In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Corbett also said National Guard troops were standing by. He said the storm "could very well be historic in nature and in scope and in magnitude because of the widespread anticipated power outages, flooding and potential major wind damage to the commonwealth."

Write to Kris Maher at kris.maher@wsj.com
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