A series of storms is expected to hit parts of Northwest this week.
A New Year’s storm that brought very heavy snow and ice from Texas to the Middle East brought more winter weather to the northeast.
The storm brought a foot of snow to West Texas and up to 10 inches of snow just outside Oklahoma City. A band of 5 to 7 inches of snow also passed through parts of Kansas locally.
The 6.5 inches of snow that fell in Wichita, Kansas, was enough to set a daily record at the airport. The storm also brought a large ice of 0.25 to 0.30 inches of ice over parts of Missouri and Illinois, causing numerous accidents and downpours on New Year’s Day. Parts of Illinois experienced the most important ice event in a few years. Ice was reported by Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania as the storm moved eastward. The storm also brought two reported tornadoes to parts of Georgia, including one that injured a person in Monroe County.
By Saturday afternoon, more than half a foot of snow had been reported in northern New England, with up to 8 inches in parts of northern Vermont and Maine. The storm has ended, though the roads are expected to be slippery during the afternoon.
Along the cold front, heavy rains and storms develop in parts of the southeast, including parts of the Florida handle. This is where low pressure will develop again this morning, and the storm is expected to move north this weekend.
Several rounds of heavy rain are expected across Florida, Georgia and South Carolina on Saturday, which could cause flash floods. Locally more than 2 centimeters of rain is expected. Windy storms will also be possible, which could drop trees and power lines.
Another disturbance from the north and west will move over parts of the Midwest on Saturday, bringing some more snow to parts of Missouri and Illinois. The confusion is expected to cause a rapid storm driving on the East Coast this weekend.
By Sunday morning, snow is expected from Chicago to Detroit. Another round of icy rain and snow is expected just outside Philadelphia and Washington, DC. There can be many slippery roads across Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Meanwhile, the storm brings a round of heavy rain from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Richmond, Virginia.
By Sunday night, snow could fall just outside New York City through Scranton, Pennsylvania, and up to Hartford, Connecticut and Albany, New York. The storm will be over before Monday morning.
The result of all this turbulent activity must be locally 3 or more inches of rain in parts of the Southeast, locally more than 6 inches of snow in parts of the Northeast, as well as some ice accumulation from Pennsylvania to Vermont.
A series of storms is expected to affect parts of Northwest this week, but the lack of cold air will predominantly develop. It appears more likely that above-average temperatures will be expected in much of the central and eastern U.S. during the first half of January, particularly in the Midwest and Northeast.