Fire up your generator or “find a friend who has one” because tomorrow night’s winter wallop could morph into a limb-snapping ice storm that has the potential to cut off power and force Patriots fans to miss Sunday’s AFC Championship tilt on TV, the nation’s top storm chaser warns.
He said there’s going to be “epic skiing up north,” but a lot of ice could coat southern New England.
And that includes Greater Boston where come 6:40 p.m. Sunday all eyes will be on Tom Brady and the Patriots as they take on Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs with a Super Bowl bid on the line.
And that could be right in the city.
“This storm will start Saturday night with really intense snowfall for all of this region,” he said.
“But there is potential for power outages if we get freezing rain Sunday rather than sleet.
Cantore said there’s a “fine line” for southern New England to be hit with the worst-case scenario — or have 4 to 8 inches of snow and then some sleet that will stick to the ground but nowhere else.
“People are going to have to prepare,” said Paul Walker, a meteorologist at AccuWeather.
“Gas up the car.” Already, people are rushing to their local hardware stores to grab snow shovels and ice melt.
Merchants have placed special orders to prepare for the winter storm rush.