By Heather Buchman
AccuWeather.com
January 3, 2010

This story was to much of a temptation for me not to post for obvious reasons. Thanks Al. We love ya!

The powerful storm that created blizzard conditions in Maine, dumped 1 to 2 feet of snow across northern New England and has been producing high winds across the entire Northeast will pull away from the region through Monday.

While snow lightens up through tonight from eastern New York into New England, winds will take awhile longer to subside. Lake-effect snow will last several more days across the Great Lakes region, while lighter snow showers linger across the Appalachians.

In many areas where snow has fallen, winds are causing significant blowing and drifting of the snow and thus dangerous travel conditions. The good news is that winds are expected to lighten up north-to-south across the hardest-hit areas of New England tonight.

This will aid crews working to plow roads overnight.

Across areas farther south from southern New York and New Jersey into Maryland, winds will remain quite strong through the overnight hours with gusts still reaching 30 to 40 mph.

These winds will keep AccuWeather RealFeel® temperatures below zero through Monday morning in cities like Buffalo, N.Y., Pittsburgh and State College, Pa. In New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., RealFeel temperatures will be in the single digits.

People in these cities should bundle up before heading to work Monday morning.

Winds through the early part of the upcoming week will not be as strong as they were over the weekend. Still, gusts between 20 and 25 mph are expected the next few days, making it feel at least 10 degrees colder than actual temperatures.