Early Season Snow/Ice Dumps on Plains; Heads East
A brutal storm that left a million people without power in the Plains states has moved east, and is causing trouble from Ohio to Massachusetts, and another storm is on the way to potentially make things worse this weekend.
Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Iowa (among others) were affected by power outages and dangerous driving conditions this week. The satellite image below, taken earlier this afternoon, shows the effects of the storm:
The storm has now moved east, and is causing problems from Ohio through New England, with winter storm warnings posted, and up to a foot of snow forecast for portions of Pennsylvania and New York. Because of the warm weather we are seeing in the Southeast, some areas along the boundary between the cold and warm weather are seeing combinations of snow and freezing rain.
In the Atlanta area, the passing storm brought only a slight amount of rain - certainly not enough to help the drought.
Another storm, currently over Texas, will travel Northeast, and bring additional precipitation and snowfall to the Northeast, with another foot of snow for portions of New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont. While forecasters had originally thought that the system would be far enough south to bring some meaningful rainfall to North Georgia, it now appears that the storm will track north, and might leave less than half an inch of rain.
The storm will bring some more seasonable weather to the Atlanta area though, with Sunday likely to be the coldest day. It will stay cool for the first part of next week, and then warm up going into the Christmas holiday. Meanwhile, there’s another chance for some wet weather in the middle of next week, and again next weekend.
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