The Northeastern U.S. is going to hell with a cold winter storm and its impact on the coldest days of the year

A historic winter storm is subjecting roughly 60% of the U.S. population to a winter weather advisory or warning Friday, leading to thousands of canceled flights, warming shelters at capacity, and blizzard conditions on the eve of Christmas weekend.

“We’re looking at much-below normal temperatures, potentially record-low temperatures leading up to the Christmas holiday,” said Zack Taylor, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

A storm system in the Northeastern US is slowly leaving after burying some areas under two feet of snow. More than 80,000 customers in New England were still without power on Sunday morning, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks outages across the country.

The weather service said in a statement on Sunday that it would be “very cold” in Mississippi and southeast Louisiana.

Parts of the South haven’t been this warm in a quarter century. The temperature fell to zero in Nashville on Friday, the first time it has fallen below zero in 18 years.

Millions of people will be exposed to bitterly cold temperatures this week, as the air from Canada plummets. Temperatures will drop so low in some places that frostbite could begin in as little as 5 minutes on exposed skin.

According to the guide, the cold temperatures will not deter people from ice fishing, even though the hard-core ones won’t be scared away.

There was a coyote contest going on in a nearby community on Sunday night, but it was only 4 degrees. “Those guys are just out in the elements, just bundled up,” he said.

The cold will come on Friday and be felt in the Deep South by Saturday. Houston will be below freezing from Thursday night to Saturday afternoon. Houston’s normal high this time of year is 64 degrees. Atlanta’s forecast high on Saturday is 25, which would be the coldest on record for a Christmas Eve.

Collision of a Cargo Bus in Atlanta, Maine, during the Fourth Snowmass in South Carolina, and a Death Result from Mental Health

He went to check on a woman with severe mental health issues in downtown Atlanta earlier this year, and found she had died of suspected hypothermia just hours earlier. The Greyhound bus station in Atlanta is open 24 hours, and she was found dead outside.

He said that people without housing who die in cold weather are often battling booze, drugs, and severe mental illness, which leads them to end up on the streets instead of a shelter.

“This was a heavy, wet snow so that had impacts on both travel and the infrastructure,” said Frank Pereira, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Police across New England responded to hundreds of crashes or vehicles sliding off the road this weekend. More than 180 crashes have been responded to by the Maine State Police in the past 48 hours. There were only minor injuries.

Vermont officials said they’re finding locations for potential warming centers in the hardest-hit areas, in case they’re needed. Some customers may not have their power restored for up to three days.

The host of the restaurant in New Hampshire made sure that they had enough room for people who weren’t able to cook for themselves. Some people came in to watch the World Cup final because their TVs were out.

Forecasts for the Midwestern Region from the NEWSA Weather Brief on Sunday, April 3 – 4 PM. Windy City Forecasts

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The weekend temperatures will be 25 to 35 degrees below average, according to the National Weather Service.

As the snow begins to amplify across the Rockies, the biggest impacts from the storm will be felt in the Midwest. Snow will begin for this region Thursday evening and last through much of the Christmas weekend.

Heavy snow will fall inland. In the beginning it was all the way into interior New England. We could see as much as 4 to 6 inches of snow, especially at the higher elevations.

When you have falling or blowing snow combined with winds of at least 35 mph, visibility will be reduced to at least a quarter of a mile for three hours.

Power outages will also be a concern for the Windy City as winds could gust as high as 50 mph on Friday. This will only exacerbate the storm’s impacts as wind chills will drop to at least 20 degrees below zero, possibly even colder.

In the night time in the northern hemisphere, there are snow and ice covered areas. Greg Carbin is the branch chief at the prediction center. There is a lot of snow on the ground in the north-central United States and the cold air can hold on to those characteristics.

The Snow-Driven Big Bang Cyclone: Associated Storms and White Christmas Clauses in the West, Parts of the Northeast, and New England

This bomb cyclone will occur before the Northeast and New England is entered on Saturday. A bomb tornado is when the pressure in the storm falls by more than 24 bars in 24 hours.

“I-95 gets a slug of pretty deep rain and that can be a problem in those areas that are now seeing snow,” Carbin said. “You can see some runoff melting, maybe even some flooding.”

This major storm is upping the chances of a white Christmas for millions across the country. Some areas were already a given, considering there was snow already on the ground and the cold temperatures keeping it there.

“The probability is normally about 10% that the DC area will have at least one inch of snow on Christmas Day,” Carbin explained. “With the pattern coming together the way it is, I’d be willing to bump that up to a 30% chance and it could increase pretty substantially here in the next couple of days, depending on what scenario comes out.”

The storm’s effects in parts of the West are abating, though. The temperature at 1 p.m. MT at Denver International was already well above freezing at 46°F (8°C).

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency Wednesday, saying, “Communities across the state are about to see temperatures that they haven’t experienced in a decade or more.”

Kevin Stitt and Kentucky Gov. Beshear declared states of emergency on Wednesday.

Winter Weather Hazards in the Midwest: Forecasts for Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver, Minneapolis, and Las Alamos Airports on Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve, there were a total of 3,487 flights canceled, according to FlightAware. Friday was the worst day with 5,934 cancellations, while Thursday saw almost 2,700 cancellations.

In many areas, the road conditions were not better. Thursday is expected to be the most difficult day for travel due to heavy snow and strong winds in the Midwest.

Nearly zero visibility on the roads led to many highway closures between Colorado and Wyoming Wednesday and they Wyoming Highway Patrol said it responded to nearly 800 calls for service in a 12-hour period, telling motorists to stay off the roads.

Over 100 vehicles were stuck in snow under low visibility conditions in South Dakota on Wednesday night, according to the sheriff’s office.

The most widespread weather hazard over the next few days will be the dangerous cold . More than 25 states stretching from the Texas Gulf Coast to the Canadian border have wind chill warnings in effect. The wind chill Wednesday night could drop to minus 70 degrees in parts of Wyoming, a low reading rarely seen in the US.

An incredible 60 million Americans, or nearly 20% of the US population, will experience a below-zero temperature with this arctic blast. This includes the cities of Denver, Kansas City, St Louis and Minneapolis.

There will be snow in Chicago by Friday morning. A storm with six inches of snow and gusts of winds over 50 mph could lead to a warning for a storm in Chicago.

Airports in Chicago and Denver saw the bulk of cancellations and delays on Thursday. The snow and ice delays average almost three hours.

At the O’ hare the temperature dropped to 9 degrees F. around 5 pm. The National Weather Service reported snow and freezing fog.

Dallas Love, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver and Minneapolis airports require spraying of de-icing fluid for safe travel according to the FAA.

“Flight activity at #LaGuardiaAirport may be disrupted by heavy rain and strong winds later today and Friday. Travelers are requested to confirm flight status with their airline before going to the airport. John F. Kennedy and Newark Airport had similar notices.

For those whose flights are still scheduled to fly, the Transportation Security Administration is recommending that passengers arrive at the airport earlier than usual.

The TSA federal security director at Reagan National Airport told reporters that airports expect to be more busy than they have been in the past. We expect a busy day on Friday 30th, when the New Year’s holiday is, because yesterday and today are some of our busiest days.

Amtrak Annihilation Warning to Commuters in West Virginia and Minnesota on Intercity Buses from the New York-Staupe Routes

Maria Iheboa told CNN she was trying to get to Clear Lake, Iowa with her granddaughter as soon as possible.

Traveler Kari Lucas, from San Diego, told CNN she was visiting her sister and brother-in-law, but cut the trip short as she didn’t want to get caught in the impending weather.

“I was worried because San Diego, we don’t get these snowstorms,” she said. “So I don’t like it to be trapped in the airport for long periods of time.”

Greyhound’s latest service disruptions are centered on the routes into and out of Buffalo and Syracuse in New York.

Greyhound, the largest provider of intercity bus service, listed more than a dozen cities from West Virginia to Minnesota that are among those impacted. They also include:

Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Danville, Illinois, Davenport, Iowa, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Kansas City. Minnesota, St. Louis, and Kansas are located there.

In its notice, Amtrak said that “customers with reservations on trains that are being modified will typically be accommodated on trains with similar departure times or another day.

Three Warm Rooms in Denver and Cheyenne, Colorado, Flared by High Winds on Friday Night of July 14. The Denver Coliseum will remain open through noon Saturday

High winds produced dangerous wind chill readings across the central and eastern U.S. last night, with the wind chill in Denver reaching -36 degrees Fahrenheit and Cheyenne, Wyo., falling to -51 degrees Fahrenheit.

“Our troopers, our highway maintainers, our snowplow drivers have been up all night long,” Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon told NPR Thursday. “They’ve done an amazing job and so we have some traffic moving again, and we feel good about our circumstances.”

According to Power Outage.us, more than 1.5 million homes and businesses were without power Friday morning. States hit the worst include North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.

Denver has three 24-hour warming centers for anyone who needs a warm place to stay. One of them, the Denver Coliseum, reached far past capacity Wednesday night, accommodating 359 people in a space meant for 225, the city of Denver said. All three centers will remain open through noon on Saturday.

Online conversations about getting more people off the streets were sparked by the issue of homelessness.

One of the clearest indicators of societal failure is when I meet a new client who was deliberately arrested so they’d get some warmth on Rikers Island instead of freezing to death on the street,” said Columbia University lecturer and veteran public defender Scott Hechinger.

FAILURES OF THE FINAL ACCESSORIES THAT ARE NOT COMING TO THE BUFFALO INTEGRAL SOURCE. AND THE CLOSED TEMPERATURE OF FLYING

Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) tweeted that it would remain closed entirely until 11 am. The closing was originally set to end at 11 a.m. Monday.

The Federal Aviation Administration posted ground stops Friday morning for flights bound for Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, American Airlines’ second largest hub, and Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, because of deicing.

In the Pacific Northwest, FAA notices showed flights bound to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Portland International Airport were also under ground stops Friday morning because of snow and ice.

Airlines have issued winter weather waivers allowing passengers to rebook at no cost within a limited time period. There are links to the airline waivers here.

It is more difficult for passengers to rebook and get to their destination in time for Christmas because of the canceled flights. Flights this year were already more crowded than they’ve been previously — even before the storm disrupted travel schedules.

“We hear about how travel volume is still down, 5 or 10 percent, but what many folks might not have realized is that the number of flights in the sky is actually down more like 15 or 20 percent,” Scott Keyes of Scott’s Cheap Flights told CNN.

In an alert posted on its website , the company said nearly 30 routes have been canceled for Friday, with a few cancellations listed on Saturday and Sunday. The cities that were impacted by the cancellation include Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Kansas City.

Shane Phillips told CNN he was set to fly from Los Angeles to Seattle to visit family, but when he woke up Friday morning, his Alaska Airlines flight had been canceled.

He feels mostly disappointment but not a lot of surprise. “I knew the weather was supposed to be bad, but I was hoping I’d get in before the freezing rain hit,” he added.

He would not have been able to make it to Seattle if he hadn’t decided to go, so he’s going to go anyway.

Power Outage in the Ohio Turnpike Flood and Floodings: Multiple Auto Accidents in the Twenty-Five Years Warped by Wind and Cyclone Winds

At least six people were reportedly killed in vehicle crashes, with at least four dead in a massive pileup on the Ohio Turnpike involving about 50 vehicles.

WPLN’s Blake Farmer reported that as the front hit, parts of the South experienced wind chills of minus 20 degrees, and gusting winds knocked out power to thousands of homes across Tennessee and Kentucky. People were asked to stay home if it was possible.

The Tennessee Valley Authority asked local utilities to cut their electricity use as the temperatures plummeted, WPLN’s Paige Pfleger reported. Customers in Nashville will experience 10-minute outages every few hours, until the power load stabilizes.

Scott Aaronson, vice president of security and preparedness at the Edison that getting the power restored in weather like this is a significant challenge.

Sometimes it can be hard to access these areas due to downed power lines, trees, and icy roads. … If the wind is greater than 35 miles an hour, bucket trucks can’t be used. “And so those combination of things will limit the ability of crews to get out there and get the power back on.”

Heavy rains and high winds knocked out power and caused flooding along the coast in New Jersey. In the interior of the Hudson River, there were floods.

“This is a life-threatening dangerous event,” Hochul said Friday afternoon at a news conference in Albany. Protect yourselves and your families. If you travel until the roads are reopened, it will be unsafe.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/24/1145419116/winter-storm-travel-power-outage-dangerous-conditions

The Denver International/NPR ‘Jingle Bells’ Reaction: The Last Minute of Winter Weather Forecast and Amtrak’s Last Service Alert

“So that, unfortunately, really affects anyone who’s had a connecting flight, and we’re going to see a lot of people missing connecting flights because of the delays,” Bangs said.

Reporting from Bruce Konviser, WPLN’s Paige Pfleger and Blake Farmer, NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly and David Schaper and the Associated Press was used in this report.

Denver International was keeping their sense of humor, posting a joke about an airport worker playing “Jingle Bells” on a fiddle.

This megablast of winter weather across the eastern two-thirds of the nation is forecast to slowly moderate into the last week of the year. As of 3 p.m. ET, there were still almost 200 preemptive cancellations for Monday.

Amtrak’s last service alert was posted Friday. Amtrak made several service and cancellation announcements because of the severe weather, from now through Sunday, December 25.