Winter storm warnings have been in impact in additional than a half-dozen states Monday morning, particularly in components of the Northeast, the place tens of hundreds of individuals have been with out energy.
“We’ve got two storm methods that can affect the nation this week,” Alyssa Clements, a meteorologist with the Nationwide Climate Service instructed USA TODAY Monday.
One storm system will manage over the Southwest U.S. on Monday earlier than changing into a large-scale winter storm system and ejecting into the southern Plains on Tuesday, Clements stated.
The storm will probably affect parts of the Central, Southern and Jap U.S. via midweek with a wide range of hazards, together with a swath of heavy snow and extreme thunderstorms with heavy rainfall.
In the meantime, components of New England have been being pelted by snow Monday. Here is what to know:
Northeast dealing with 6-12 inches of snow
The storm system hitting the Northeast is ongoing, she stated, and can final via Monday evening throughout the Northeast, affecting the New England space from New York into Maine.
Heavy snow and coastal rain are anticipated over components of the Northeast.
The area might get wherever from 6-12 inches of snow by Monday evening, Clements stated.
“That first system anticipated to hit New England will transfer out in a single day and it is going to be quieter in that space via Thursday,” she stated.
Energy outages reported in Massachusetts, New Hampshire
Practically 40,000 houses and companies have been with out energy in New Hampshire and Massachusetts Monday morning as the primary storm rolled via New England.
In New Hampshire, Eversource’s outage map reported greater than 26,000 energy outages and New Hampshire Electrical Co-op reported greater than 2,800 energy outages as of 10:30 a.m. native time.
In Massachusetts, greater than 8,500 folks have been with out energy as of 10:30 a.m., based on the Massachusetts Emergency Administration Company map.
Winter storm brewing in Southwest
In the meantime, a second winter storm started forming Monday throughout the Southwest, the place it is going to strengthen in Arizona and New Mexico and ultimately convey snow, Clements stated.
New Mexico might see wherever from 4-10 inches of snow throughout its jap plains, Clements stated.
The system will observe via parts of Oklahoma and Texas on Tuesday and into the Midwest on Wednesday.
Oklahoma might see 2-4 inches of snow and the Texas panhandle might get 6-8 inches, NWS forecasters say.
Lively winter storm warnings
As of Monday morning, winter storm warnings have been energetic in areas of jap New York, western New England, northern Vermont, New Hampshire and most of Maine, the Nationwide Climate Service reported.
They have been additionally energetic in New Mexico and in addition to in Lubbock, Texas, and the northern a part of the state.
Doubtlessly extreme thunderstorms forecast in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana
In the meantime, Tuesday evening, thunderstorms will break throughout parts of the Gulf Coast in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.
Potential extreme storms space anticipated in these areas in a single day Tuesday, Clements stated.
Noteworthy snow can also be anticipated to have an effect on a lot of Arkansas and western Tennessee.
As well as, a slight threat of extreme rainfall is in impact from jap Texas to south-central Mississippi, the place rainfall totals might exceed 2 inches in some areas.
Mild snow doable in North Dakota, Minnesota and Nice Lakes
Elsewhere throughout the U.S. Monday, gentle snow was probably throughout components of North Dakota, Minnesota, and into the northern Nice Lakes as a fast-moving low-pressure system strikes via the area.
Patchy areas of sunshine snow are anticipated throughout the Rockies, the NWS stated.
Nationwide climate radar
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