Winter storm brings heavy snow and ice to busy vacation journey weekend : NPR

A strong winter storm is bringing excessive climate to the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, and Northeast this weekend.

The National Weather Service (NWS) says the system will intensify over the subsequent few days and circumstances are anticipated by Tuesday.

“Arctic air will descend into the Plains beginning Sunday followed by a potent winter storm across the upper Midwest to the Great Lakes Sunday night to Monday,” in accordance to a bulletin from the NWS posted on Saturday.

Heavy snow and whiteout circumstances are forecasted throughout elements of the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes area, inflicting “treacherous travel,” the NWS said. More than a foot of snow might fall alongside Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Western New York and Northwest Pennsylvania are anticipated to obtain lake-effect snow.

The storm has slammed the Northeast, dumping as much as practically 8 inches of snow on New York City and surrounding areas between Friday and Saturday. The climate snarled visitors alongside the I-95 hall and disrupted air journey. Flight tracker, Flightaware.com, confirmed greater than 1,000 delays throughout U.S. airports on Saturday night. Nearly 1,000 flights have been cancelled into, out of and throughout the U.S. as of Saturday night.

The NWS can be warning of harmful ice throughout elements of the Northeast, together with ice accumulation of as much as 1 / 4 of an inch in japanese New York, elements of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Bitter wind chills as little as -35 levels are anticipated in elements of North Dakota and as much as -25 levels in northern Minnesota.

Meanwhile, it can really feel extra like spring throughout elements of the South and into the Tennessee Valley, the place temperatures might attain highs within the 70s for this time of yr, according to forecasters.