Dangerous storm targets Northeast, Mid-Atlantic with high winds, coastal flooding, inland snow

For weeks, weather experts have been expecting that early March would live up to its reputation of coming in “like a lion,” with a pattern conducive to major East Coast storms. That expectation is going to become a reality, first during the next three days, and then again next week. 

However, the specifics of the weather forecast, particularly what form of precipitation will fall in areas like New York City, Hartford, and Boston, are turning meteorologists’ hair white, and causing weather Twitter to resemble a therapy session.

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