Blizzard and whiteout conditions, could make travel in certain areas “treacherous and potentially life-threatening.”
Heavy snow—up to 12 inches in some states—ice, strong winds, freezing temperatures, and blizzard warnings are in place for at least 18 states from Monday, as the NWS warns that severe winter weather conditions could be “life-threatening.
”The NWS has warned that the worst-affected areas, likely to experience serious wintry conditions, include Alaska, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Indiana, West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, New York, Kentucky, Ohio, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida and Georgia.Up to 4 inches of snow could hit Admiralty Island by Monday morning, and up to 8 inches of snow could fall across Glacier Bay, eastern Chichagof Island, the Cape Fairweather to Lisianski Strait, the city and borough of Juneau, Skagway, Klondike Highway, Haines borough, and the city of Klukwan by Monday afternoon, with winds gusting around 35 mph which will make travel “very difficult,” the NWS warns.The eastern Alaska Range, areas south of Trims Camp, and the southern Denali borough are likely to get up to 60 mph winds until Wednesday morning, which will cause blowing snow, reducing visibility to less than a quarter of a mile and creating blizzard and whiteout conditions, which could make “travel treacherous and potentially life-threatening.”Between 2 and 4 inches of snow and sleet, and 45 mph winds are expected to hit Antrim, Grand Traverse, Otsego, Presque Isle, Barry, and Kent counties until Monday night. Benzie and Manistee counties could see up to 6 inches of snow, ice accumulations, and winds reaching 45 mph through Monday. Parts of southwest Michigan could see between 3 and 6 inch sof snow and 40 mph winds from Monday morning until Tuesday morning. Lake, Mason, Newaygo, and Oceana counties could get up to 10 inches of snow, thick ice, and winds reaching 55 mph until Tuesday morning, which could cause blizzard and “whiteout conditions” due to blowing snow. Between 4 and 8 inches of snow and 45 mph winds are expected across Allegan, Kalamazoo, Ottawa, Van Buren, and Muskegon counties through Monday.Hancock and McDonough counties could get up to inches of snow and 50 mph winds until mid-Monday morning, and parts of central and west-central Illinois could get up to 3 inches of snow and 45 mph winds until Monday afternoon. La Salle, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, and northern Cook counties could see up to 5 inches of snow and 45 mph winds until Monday afternoon.Up to 2 inches of snow and winds reaching 50 mph are expected across Clark and Scotland counties until Monday morning, which is likely to cause blizzard-like conditions. Parts of southeast Missouri could see temperatures fall to 19 F through Monday, into Tuesday.Cambria and Somerset counties, and parts of central Pennsylvania, could see up to 4 inches of snow and 45 mph winds from Monday afternoon, overnight, into Tuesday. The higher elevations of Fayette and Westmoreland could see up to 4 inches of snow and 50 mph winds from Monday through Tuesday.Price, Bayfield and Sawyer counties could get up to 3 inches of snow and 35 mph winds, lasting until Monday morning. Up to 4 inches of snow and 35 mph winds are expected across Ashland county by mid-Monday morning, and up to 6 inches of snow and 35 mph winds are forecast across Iron county until Monday afternoon.Parts of northern Indiana could see up to 6 inches of snow and 40 mph winds through Monday, lasting until Tuesday morning. The NWS warns that “visibility will be near zero at times.”Western Grant, western Pendleton, northwest Pocahontas, northwest and southeast Randolph, southeast Webster, and southeast Nicholas counties could see up to 4 inches of snow, ice accumulations, and 50 mph winds from Monday afternoon, lasting until Tuesday. Western Greenbrier county could get up to 3 inches of snow and winds as high as 45 mph until late Tuesday afternoon. Eastern Preston and eastern and western Tucker counties could see up to 5 inches of snow and winds reaching 50 mph from late Monday afternoon into Tuesday.Western Garrett county could see up to 3 inches of snow and winds reaching 50 mph from Monday evening until mid-Tuesday morning.Up to 3 inches of snow and 55 mph winds could hit Ashe and Watauga counties from Monday afternoon.Grayson county could get up to 3 inches of snow and winds gusting around 55 mph until early Tuesday morning.Up to 12 inches of snow is forecast for Oswego county, with winds reaching 45 mph from Monday evening until Wednesday morning, and Jefferson and Lewis counties could get up to 10 inches of snow and 45 mph winds until Tuesday evening.Harlan and Letcher counties could see up to 2 inches of snow, 35 mph winds, and temperatures dropping to below 10°F at higher elevations from around noon on Monday until Tuesday morning.Up to 9 inches of snow and winds reaching 45 mph could blast Cuyahoga, Geauga, and southern Erie counties from Monday night through Tuesday, and possibly even into Wednesday.Parts of central, eastern, north central, southeast, southwest, and western Arkansas are under a freeze watch as sub-freezing temperatures as low as 15 F are expected through Monday, into Tuesday.Parts of north Mississippi could get below 19 F through Monday, and Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, and Monroe counties could get as low as 24 F until around noon on Tuesday.Parts of northwest Florida could get subfreezing temperatures in the upper 20s from Monday night, lasting until Tuesday morning.Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Jenkins, Screven, and Tattnall counties could see temperatures drop to below 31 F through Monday, into Tuesday.
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