Nor'easter headed our way. Will Seacoast get hit hard with snow? What early forecasts say

A powerful coastal winter nor'easter storm is developing and headed toward the Seacoast New Hampshire and York County in southern Maine, according to the National Weather Service.

Ahead of the storm tracking toward New England, the local area in New Hampshire and Maine will see another arctic blast Wednesday with sub-zero temperatures Wednesday night.

A forecaster with the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, says there is the potential for widespread accumulating snowfall, strong winds, and coastal flooding Saturday. There is high confidence that storm will move northeast along the coast and head near or into the Gulf of Maine Saturday, according to NWS meteorologist Hunter Tubbs.

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"There's significantly less confidence in how close that system will track to the New England coastline, which will have a big impact on snowfall totals and impacts," Tubbs said. "If it tracks close to the coast, there's the potential for pretty heavy snowfall, but if it tracks too far offshore, there's a chance for more of a light accumulation. A difference of even 50 to 100 miles closer or farther away from the coast, can make a huge difference in what we see."

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Forecasters say that models are currently showing that the Seacoast area is likely to see at least two to three inches of snow, but that will change based off of the path the storm.

This article originally appeared on Fosters Daily Democrat: Weather forecast: Will Seacoast NH, Maine get hit hard with snow?