Authorities across wide swathes of the southern United States were closing schools, roads and even airports and urging residents to stay home on Monday as a significant winter storm threatened Texas and such Heavy snowfall and extremely cold temperatures were expected in areas accustomed to the weather. From Louisiana to Florida. The storm comes as … Read more
National Weather Service forecasters said a significant winter storm was set to hit parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Sunday, before dangerously low temperatures engulf much of the country in the coldest weather in years. . Snow began in the Appalachians Sunday morning and by afternoon snow was falling across parts of the Mid-Atlantic, … Read more
A fast-moving winter storm that moved across the Northeast on Sunday is expected to drop at least a half-foot of snow from Maryland to Maine, National Weather Service forecasters said Saturday. The heaviest swathes of snow are expected to fall north and west of Interstate 95, with up to eight inches possible, according to the … Read more
Weather Service meteorologists make their forecasts based on a combination of current conditions, historical events, and computer weather models. They take all this information and then predict what they think is the most likely outcome. There are always external factors, situations that may occur but are less likely. Sometimes, a storm will outperform forecasts, and … Read more
Parts of the South not accustomed to winter weather saw a mix of snow and sleet on Friday, as officials closed schools and warned that travel could be nearly impossible. Winter storm warnings were in effect from eastern Oklahoma to Virginia, and snow and freezing rain fell in cities including Jackson, Miss.; Birmingham, Ala.; and … Read more
Snow and sleet fell across parts of North Texas, Oklahoma and western Arkansas on Thursday, as forecasters warned that “heavy snow and breaking ice” would accumulate across the South by the end of the week. On Thursday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, where more than … Read more
After punishing several states with sleet, snow, blizzards and freezing rain, a major winter storm will finish making its way from the central United States and Midwest to the nation’s capital by Monday morning. Kansas was particularly hard hit. Much of the state was under winter storm and blizzard warnings Sunday. In the Kansas City … Read more
A fierce storm moving across the country toward the Mid-Atlantic states impacted a vast area, bringing a mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain that the Weather Prediction Center warned could disrupt daily life Sunday and Monday. And there could be “significant disruption” to travel. The storm left roads covered with snow across Kansas on … Read more
A fierce winter storm with Arctic cold is set to bring “significant winter weather” to nearly a dozen states from the country’s Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic this weekend. weather forecast centerForecasters have warned that some places could see the heaviest snowfall in a decade or more. The storm is expected to bring a nasty … Read more
Houston, Texas – A strong storm system threatened to spawn tornadoes across parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, a day after severe weather left at least two people dead in Texas and Mississippi. The National Weather Service’s severe storm tracker indicated the system was moving east from Alabama toward Georgia shortly before 4 a.m. … Read more