As the holiday travel rush begins, a major storm is expected to move from the West Coast to the East Coast, bringing heavy snow, blizzard conditions and damaging winds. Here's what to expect this week.
, a major storm is expected to move from the West Coast to the East Coast, bringing heavy snow, blizzard conditions and damaging winds.On Tuesday morning, the storm is hitting Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, dropping several inches of snow.On Thursday, the snow moves into Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago.The Dec. 20, 2022 weather map is showing major snowstorm the next few days.
Meanwhile, on the East Coast, heavy rain and damaging winds are possible Thursday night into Friday night. Winds gusts could reach 50 to 60 mph from Washington, D.C., to Boston. Major flight delays are possible.The temperature in Denver might remain below zero all day on Thursday, making it the coldest day in eight years.
In Montana, actual temperatures on Thursday are expected to be in the minus 40s, with a wind chill -- what temperature it feels like -- near minus 60 degrees. This could be the coldest air for the region in almost 40 years.On Friday morning, the wind chill is forecast to plunge to minus 42 degrees in Minneapolis and minus 31 degrees in Chicago and Kansas City.
This bitter cold moves into Texas, the Gulf Coast and Florida on Friday and will last through Christmas weekend. On Christmas morning the wind chill is forecast to be 24 degrees in Houston, 23 degrees in New Orleans and 32 degrees in Tampa.The Dec. 20, 2022 weather map is showing the wind chill index for Dec. 25, 2022.
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