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Summary:  An artic air mass will bring cold temperatures across must of the central and eastern U.S. This will also bring mixed precipitation and ice conditions from south Texas and the central Gulf Coast into the southern Mid-Atlantic which may cause hazardous travel conditions and power outages. The most significant icing is likely in the eastern Carolinas. 

 

Summary:  A wintry mix is expected tonight from the Ohio Valley into the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England along a cold front.  One or more waves of low pressure tracking east along this front will likely bring area of heavy snow and significant ice from south Texas to into the Carolinas Thursday night into Saturday morning.  

• Risk of rain/freezing rain over parts of southern Texas and North Carolina on Thursday.
• Light snow from parts of the Mid-Atlantic to Southern New England; Light to moderate snow over parts of the Northern/Central Rockies on Thursday.
• Snow and a risk of significant rain/freezing rain over parts of the southern Mid-Atlantic on Friday.
• Light to moderate snow over parts of the Upper Midwest and Central Rockies on Friday.

• Freezing rain; Additional ice accumulations of a light glaze mainly in the valley areas on the east side of the Blue Mountains

• Northern Idaho:  1-3 inches in lowlands; 3-6 inches in mountains
• Southeastern Idaho:  2-8 inches; Wind gusts up to 20-25mph

• 1-2 inches of snow accumulation
• Light glaze of ice

• Wind chills -30
• Up to one inch of snow accumulation
• Ice accumulation of up to one tenth of an inch

• Wind chills -50

• Wind chills -25 to -35

• Wind chills -35

• Wind chills -20 to -30

• Wind chills -20

• Wind chills -20 to -30

• Wind chills -15 to -25

• Wind chills -5

• Winter storm warning:  Total ice accumulations of around one tenth of an inch.  A change of snow is possible but accumulations are expected to below an inch.
• Winter Weather Advisory:  Mixed precipitation expected.  Minor sleet/snow accumulations.  Ice accumulation of up to a few hundredths of an inch.  

• Light glaze of ice up to a few hundredths of an inch
• Wind chills as low as 15 degrees

• Up to 4 inches additional snow accumulation

• Less than one inch snow accumulation
• Ice accumulation 0.01 and 0.10 of an inch
• Areas in Ice storm warning:  Significant icing expected.  Freezing rain will result in total ice accumulations of 0.20 to 0.30 inches of ice.  

• Winter Weather Advisory:  Up to 2 inches of snow; Light glaze of ice.
• Winter Storm Warning:  1-3 inches of snow; Ice accumulations up to two tenths of an inch.
• Ice Storm Warning:   Significant icing expected.  Freezing rain will result in total ice accumulations of 0.20 to 0.30 inches of ice.  

• 1-2 inches of snow accumulation 

• 1-2 inches of snow accumulation

• Up to one inch of snow accumulation

• Around one inch of snow accumulation

• Around one inch of snow accumulation

• Wind chills -15 to -30

• Wind chills -20 to -30

• Wind chills -25

• Wind chills -15

Summary:  A quiet day in January for weather compared to what we have been seeing.  Areas are under a cold front causing very cold temperatures.  Other areas are looking at the possibility of freezing rain.  Please see below for the highlights.

• Slight risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of the Lower Mississippi Valley through Thursday morning.
• Light snow from parts of the Middle Mississippi,  Southern Ohio Valleys, and the Mid-Atlantic; light to moderate snow over parts of the Northeast on Wednesday.
• Risk of rain/freezing rain over parts of the Southern Ohio/Tennessee Valleys and Middle/Lower Mississippi Valley on Wednesday.

Summary: As a potent winter storm moves off the coast of New England, heavy snow will be possible in its wake downwind of the eastern Great Lakes into Tuesday. A quick-hitting winter storm will bring strong winds and snow to the Northern Plains and Upper Great Lakes Tuesday.

Keep in mind that areas are still trying to dig out from Winter Storm Izzy that moved through Sunday and Monday. Parts of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee received 14-20 inches of snow. Snow was reported as far south as Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Roads remain icy in parts of the South and Northeast with more snow possible in these regions later this week. Many LTL carriers were closed yesterday due to weather issues and will be trying to recover the remainder of the week. Also, blizzard conditions are possible Tuesday in parts of the Upper Midwest; several inches of snow through Tuesday night from eastern North Dakota to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Wind gusts will reach 35 to 55mph, producing period of potential whiteouts. Trucks will be hit by high winds in western sections of the Dakotas leading to high risk of rollovers. There is a risk of rain/freezing rain over parts of the Southern Ohio/Tennessee Valleys and Middle/Lower Mississippi Valley on Wednesday.

Summary:  A major winter storm will continue with heavy snow and strong winds today from the central Appalachians into Upstate New York. Dangerous travel, power outages, coastal flooding are expected. Strong winds are expected behind the storm as far south as Georgia which could lead to additional power outages and tree damaged, especially in areas with significant ice.

Summary:

• I-29 from Grand Forks, ND to Kansas City, MO
• I-20 from Florence, SC to Atlanta, GA
• I-35 from Des Moines, IA to Kansas City, MO
• I-80 from Iowa City, IA to Omaha, NE
• I-94 from Bismarck to Fargo, ND
• I-95 from Florence, SC  to the Maine-Canada border. This storm is expected to impact, to varying degrees, most of the I-95 corridor from the Southeast to New England.
• I-77 in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
• I-40 from Memphis, TN to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
• I-65 from Huntsville, AL to Nashville, TN
• Entire I-81 corridor
• I-85 from Petersburg, VA to Atlanta, GA

Summary:  A winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow and gusty winds to the Northern Plains into the Upper and Mid-Mississippi Valley that may cause some hazardous travel beginning Thursday night into Friday. The winter storm system is expected to impact the Mid-South, Southeast and East Coast this weekend.

Summary:  Heavy rain will bring flooding and landslide risks in Washington across the Olympic Peninsula and Northern Cascades into Thursday. Light snow and freezing rain is expected east of the Cascades into Montana through Wednesday morning. Gusty winds may cause hazardous travel in Montana and Wyoming throughout the day.

As a heads up, there is a storm that is forming. A Canadian storm system is expected to bring accumulating snowfall to the Northern Plains Thursday night into Friday. Looking ahead to Thursday night, a strengthening surface low emerging out of the Canadian Prairies is expected to dive south into the North Central U.S. Thursday night into Friday. The next storm system is primed to produce heavy snow and will result in treacherous travel conditions across parts of the Northern Plains and Midwest to close out the work-week.

Summary: Frigid air will move over the Northeast causing dangerously cold wind chill temperatures through Wednesday. Milder air is moving across Central U.S. All in all, today is the most "calm" weather day so far of 2022.

Summary:  It's a cold start to the week across the Northern tier of the U.S. as a plethora of wind chill advisories and warnings are in effect. Heavy lake effect snow is likely downwind of the Great Lakes early this week. Continuing snow bands will set up mostly in portions of northern lower Michigan, as well as northern Ohio, northwestern Pennsylvania and upstate New York. This will impact travel on Interstates 75, 81 and 90. Highest amounts of snow will probably pile up across upstate New York. Places like Oswego, Lowville, Rome and Utica could see up to 24 inches through early Tuesday. Wind gusts in these states are also expected to hit 35-40 mph, producing blowing snow and whiteout conditions. Also, temperatures will drop into the teens and single digits Monday night, with wind chills in the -20s to -30s.

The snowfall has stopped accumulating over the western half of the United States. The states impacted will start to dig out and recover from over a week of high snowfall accumulations.