The first major Nor'easter of the year is battering the Northeast U.S. with insane snowfall rates and blizzard conditions. The "bomb cyclone" (deepening > 1 mb/hour for 24+hours) is forecast to intensify to 970 mb by tomorrow over the Canadian Maritimes. 15-30+ inches of snow will be widespread from central-upstate NY, VT, NH, ME, and MA with 40+ mph wind gusts.

Shown below is the WRF forecast 12-hr precip and mean sea level pressure forecast for 7 pm Wednesday night. Note the 2+ inches of water-equivalent precip expected over the period!