Winter storms to rage on across the nation early next week
With numerous storms impacting the Midwest, Northeast through the end of the weekend, residents facing storm fatigue are in for a rude awakening next week.
Joe Lundberg warns of a stormy week next week with snow and ice impacting the Plains and Northeast as well as thunderstorms rolling from Texas to the Carolinas. California will become stormy as well.
A frenzy of winter storms will deliver waves of snow, ice and rain to the central and eastern United States through at least the middle of February, cause frequent disruptions to daily routines and strain critical resources like road cleanup crews and powerline workers.
Residents, emergency responders, police officers, hospital staff and snow cleanup crews, who may not have the option to take a snow day, could be among the first to face storm fatigue over the course of February as this busy pattern persists.
Following the first winter storm of the week which brought snow, ice and extensive power outages across the Northeast, a second storm is expected to spread more wintry weather this weekend. By early next week, yet another storm will emerge in the Central states and begin to take shape.
The next impactful storm to take shape early next week
"Yet another potentially colder winter storm will arrive early next week, bringing a threat for accumulating snow to millions from the Plains to the East Coast. Remarkably, at least another storm can occur later next week, solidifying the first half of February as one of the stormiest stretches of the winter across a large part of the country," detailed AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Bill Deger.
By later Monday, precipitation will begin moving out of the southern Plains in the form of rain, ice and snow. Cities such as Oklahoma City, and Springfield, Missouri, may be among the areas that experience a period of rain transitioning to sleet or freezing rain as temperatures decline Monday night.
Other locations to the north, from eastern Colorado, Kansas to Nebraska on eastward to the Ohio Valley, will be within the region with fresh, cold air in place for winter precipitation to fall through the duration of the event.
"With Arctic air in place to the north of these systems, accumulating snow is on tap for areas from the central Plains to portions of the mid-Atlantic and New England, along with a risk of some sleet and freezing rain," noted AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Joe Lundberg.
Locations across the Tennessee and Ohio valleys, mid-Atlantic and New England states will face their next stretch of wintry weather from late Monday to Tuesday night as the storm progresses into the East.
The early week storm is expected to track farther south than its predecessors, potentially increasing the likelihood of plowable snow along the Interstate 95 corridor from Richmond, Virginia, to Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia.
While the rear flank of this storm may kick up a breeze as it leaves the region around midweek, strong and potentially damaging winds are not expected.
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Potential for drenching rain, thunderstorms in the South
As moisture moves northward out of the Gulf into the warmer sector of next week's storm, bands of rain can become persistent from the Mississippi to lower Tennesee valleys.
"In the warmer air south of these storms, periods of rain can lead to areas of flooding. There can even be some severe thunderstorms across the lower Mississippi Valley to parts of the Southeast," noted Lundberg.
The traditional severe weather season typically ramps up during March when the right ingredients are often present, but severe thunderstorms can occur any month of the year. Through the remainder of the month, temperatures in the South can continue to trend above historical averages and even be comparable to values typically reported in April.
Meanwhile, cooler air will remain socked in across the northern tier of the nation, promoting repeated storms expected through the remainder of the month to bring additional waves of wintry weather.
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