A wide-ranging storm has been forecast to move along the Eastern United States this week, bringing with it the potential for snow, ice and thunderstorms in multiple states across the country. Much of the country has already faced challenging weather this month.
This incoming storm is tied to the remnants of the same system that is bringing beneficial, yet threatening, widespread rain to Southern California starting Sunday.
A winter storm warning in place across parts of New York will remain in effect until the early hours of Thursday morning. Although the storm was winding down, some winter weather-related impacts were still expected, such as difficulty traveling. According to animated forecasts, the winter storm is currently moving across New York.
If you’re among the tens of millions experiencing warmer weather across the country, these scenes may look a little strange. But it wasn’t warm and clear everywhere – this was the situation in parts of Colorado on Thursday.
The National Weather Service issued an updated winter storm watch at 2:07 a.m. on Thursday valid from 10 p.m. until Saturday 4 p.m. for East Slopes of the Oregon Cascades.
The NWS Reno NV issued a winter storm watch at 1:46 p.m. on Thursday valid from Sunday 4 a.m. until Monday 10 p.m.
This means when the Lowcountry does have snow and the plows rip up the reflectors, crews with the department of transportation will always have to replace them in the future. They did not give a specific timeline for when the current broken reflectors will be replaced.
A handful of northwestern states were under winter storm watch from the NWS on Thursday, with the service warning of potential impacts to travel.
“As a result of market manipulation by Defendants, during Winter Storm Uri Oklahoma’s natural gas prices ballooned exponentially compared to states similarly impacted by the weather,” said Drummond in a Jan. 9 court filing in Osage County District Court.
There is potential for a hefty amount of snow to fall across the mountains and lower elevations beginning this weekend.
On Wednesday at 9:56 p.m. a winter storm warning was issued by the NWS Eureka CA valid for Friday between 1 a.m. and 2 p.m.
The Oregonian/OregonLive has created a new interactive map for subscribers that provides an estimate of how much snow you can expect in specific locales across Oregon, Washington and the contiguous United States over the following three days.