California will be hit by two major storms.
An explosion of Arctic air is affecting the Northeast.
The goosebumps are teenagers on Saturday morning, from Washington, DC, to Boston. It looks like a digit, and below zero in the interior of the Northeast.
On Sunday morning, it will get even colder throughout the region. This cold explosion is notable because much of the Northeast has not had many periods of true winter air so far this season. But now it’s more like January.
It is important to note that this part of the country reaches the bottom of the average temperature climatologically around this date for the calendar year.
The weather pattern is in the process of a rather turbulent change, as several complex storm systems are expected to move across the country next week.
A storm system is organizing on Saturday morning in the west and bringing rain to the California valleys and some snow in the mountains from Nevada to Colorado. This snow can cause travel delays in mountain passes, especially in parts of Arizona.
Later on Saturday, part of that system will help to develop and move through the upper midwest. This snow should last until Sunday. On Sunday morning, cities like Chicago and Green Bay were able to see snow. Local travel delays are possible.
As this system emerges from the Rocky Mountains, it will become more organized and bring various dangers from Sunday through Wednesday from the central US to the eastern US
Heavy snow and a winter mix will be possible from Sunday night to Monday morning from Kansas to Indiana. In addition, heavy storms are likely to occur in parts of northern Texas and Oklahoma in the early hours of Sunday and early Monday. These severe storms can bring hail and brief tornadoes.
On Monday night, snow and a winter mix will move to parts of Illinois, extending to parts of the mid-Atlantic. Mixed rainfall can bring down trees and power lines at several points. Travel delays will be possible near major cities from Monday night until early Tuesday, especially in and around Chicago.
On Tuesday, snow will likely fall in the Appalachian Mountains, especially in parts of Pennsylvania and New York. At this point, the heaviest snow is likely to fall west of the I-95 corridor, but it is worth observing the forecast, as some potential winter impact is possible in the metropolitan areas of Philadelphia and New York.
As a result of that first storm, up to a foot of snow will likely fall in the western mountains. In addition, the blast of snow in the midwest can bring 7 to 15 centimeters of snow to the upper part of the midwest in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
As the second part of this storm moves through the Central and Eastern USA from Monday to Wednesday, there may be a large strip of more than 6 inches of snow from Kansas to Michigan. Chicago can see very heavy snow.
In the Northeast, the heaviest snow is likely to be to the west of major cities, but 7 to 15 cm can fall in parts of western Maryland, Pennsylvania and southern New York.
While all of this is happening, another storm will move rapidly westward on Sunday and will bring heavy rain and snow in the mountains to parts of California. This storm looks a little stronger and will travel across the country.
A third storm will reach the west in the middle of the week – and it is looking even stronger than the others. It can bring heavy rain and snow to California.