Extreme climate changes can affect some people’s vacation travel plans.
For the second week in a row, the weather looks pretty turbulent as we move on to an important holiday.
A new storm system is bringing heavy rain, gusts and storms to Southern California on Monday and will spread across the country this week.
Winter weather alerts from California to Wisconsin have already been issued.
This is the first major rain generator so far this season for Southern California, where up to two inches of rain can fall on Monday. This can cause debris flows and floods, especially on scars from recent burns.
In the mountains of Southern California, more than a foot of snow can fall, making the trip dangerous.
As the storm enters the central United States on Tuesday night, it will become better organized and a large strip of snow will move across the northern plains and into the upper midwest.
Snow, sometimes heavy, can fall in major midwestern cities like Des Moines, Iowa, Chicago and Minneapolis, from Tuesday night until Wednesday. Snow can fall up to 20 centimeters – the heaviest probably being in central Iowa and southwest Wisconsin.
The forecast is a little more complicated on the south side of the storm, where states are likely to experience cold rain and possible snow. This could make roads very slippery in parts of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, from Tuesday night to early Wednesday.
On Wednesday, most of the storm’s snow will be falling in Canada, but the persistent cold front will bring a large line of rain and some snow from Michigan to Texas.
Some large cities may experience abrupt climate change and roads may be slippery on Wednesday night.
Then, as we enthusiastically greet the beginning of 2021, a new storm will quickly move south and run north and east.
This storm is likely to be even more impactful and will bring a wide range of mixed precipitation from the Southern Plains to the Northeast. This is likely to cause dangerous travel conditions on New Year’s Day.
Right now it is too early to know how much snow is going to fall, but it is safe to say that the trip will be dangerous for much of the country during the end of the holiday week.