A series of storms is expected to affect parts of the northwest this week.
A New Year’s storm that brought a lot of snow and ice from Texas to the Midwest brought more winter weather to the northeast.
The storm brought about 30 centimeters of snow to western Texas and up to 25 centimeters of snow outside Oklahoma City. A 5- to 7-inch strip of snow locally also passed through parts of Kansas.
The 15 centimeters of snow that fell in Wichita, Kansas, was enough to break a daily record at the airport. The storm also brought a large range of 0.25 to 0.30 inch of ice in parts of Missouri and Illinois, causing several accidents and trees felled on New Year’s Day. Illinois parts have seen their most significant ice event in several years. Ice was reported in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania as the storm moved east. The storm also brought two reported tornadoes to parts of Georgia, including one that injured a person in Monroe County.
On Saturday afternoon, more than half a foot of snow was reported in northern New England, up to 20 centimeters in parts of northern Vermont and Maine. The storm ended, although the roads are expected to be slippery in much of the Northeast during the afternoon.
Along the cold front, heavy rain and storms are developing in parts of the Southeast, including parts of the Florida Panhandle. This is where another low pressure is developing this morning, and the storm is expected to move north over the weekend.
Several seasons of heavy rain are expected to fall on Florida, Georgia and South Carolina on Saturday, which could cause flooding. Locally, more than 5 centimeters of rain is expected. Stormy storms will also be possible, which can cause trees and power lines to fall.
Another disturbance from the north and west will spread to parts of the midwest on Saturday and bring a little more snow to parts of Missouri and Illinois. This disturbance is expected to cause a fast-moving storm that extends across the East Coast this weekend.
On Sunday morning, a strip of snow is expected from Chicago to Detroit. Another round of freezing rain and snow is expected outside Philadelphia and Washington, DC There can be many slippery roads in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Meanwhile, the storm will bring heavy rains from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Richmond, Virginia.
On Sunday night, there may be snow falling on the outskirts of New York, passing through Scranton, Pennsylvania, and rising towards Hartford, Connecticut and Albany, New York. The storm will end before Monday morning.
The result of all this unstable activity should be locally 3 or more inches of rain in parts of the Southeast, locally more than 6 inches of snow in parts of the Northeast, as well as some accumulation of ice from Pennsylvania to Vermont.
A series of storms is expected to impact parts of the northwest this week, however, a predominant developing story will be the lack of cold air. It seems more likely that temperatures above average are expected until the first half of January for much of the central and eastern United States, especially in the Midwest and Northeast.