Violent Nor’easter tears up east coast; weekend snow threat here

An incredibly powerful Nor'easter continues to spin with hurricane force up the east coast today.

This well organized powerful storm is impressive from space.

Damage reports continue to roll in from Washington D. C. to New England today.

This storm is producing wind gusts from 60 to over 90 mph from Washington, D.C to New England. A 93 mph wind gust was clocked at Barnstable, Massachusetts.

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Storm surges are reaching 3-4 feet around Boston.

Coastal flooding is ongoing tonight in New England.

NWS Boston warns of record storm surge with this system.

Los Angeles area mudslides

On the west coast, even moderate rains are driving more mudslides in fire damaged areas west of Los Angeles.

Mild weekend for Minnesota

The Twin Cities has been at or above 40 degrees for 5 straight days. We add more warmth this weekend.

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NOAA via Weather Bell.

Weekend slop storm

Our rain to wet slushy snow potential continues for later this weekend. Snowfall totals north of the Twin Cities could be heavy later Sunday and Monday. Most of Minnesota could see this end as some wet slush by Tuesday. Here's the Canadian GEM model version of events.

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Canadian GEM model via tropical tidbits.

Here's some solid advice form the Twin Cities NWS about that storm drain in your street.