The Associated Press has an
article about the upcoming (ugh) weather:
The Midwest and eastern parts of the US are braced for Arctic temperatures expected to arrive during the next few days.
The mix of precipitation on Saturday that included snow, ice, and rain affected a swath from the Oklahoma Panhandle, where several inches of snow were in the forecast, to southern New England, where up to a quarter-inch of ice is possible in the eastern Berkshires.
Freezing rain and ice factored into numerous accidents in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, and threatened an outdoor hockey game in Toledo, Ohio.
Parts of the southern US saw heavy rain and thunderstorms, leading the National Weather Service to issue tornado watches and warnings in Mississippi and Louisiana and a flash flood watch for portions of Arkansas.
The weather service reported at least two confirmed tornadoes in Mississippi. Greg Flynn of Mississippi's Emergency Management Agency said homes were damaged in several counties, power lines were down and there were reports of flooding. "Thankfully, in all of this, there are no injuries reported anywhere," he said.
Meanwhile, blowing and drifting snow was a problem in the northeast Colorado plains, while a blizzard warning was issued for northern North Dakota and Minnesota. Winds between thirty to forty mph blew snow that fell overnight in the Red River Valley, weather service meteorologist Tom Grafenauer said. That area will be the first to feel the effects of a strong cold front, he said, with temperatures reaching twenty below and wind chills approaching minus fifty by Sunday morning.
By Tuesday, parts of the Midwest will see below-zero temperatures, while lows will reach single digits along the East Coast. The chilly weather is even expected to move as far south as New Orleans, Louisiana.
Meteorologist Ryan Maue of the private Weather Bell Analytics has called it "old-timer's type of cold."
Rico says that, as an 'old-timer', he's
not looking forward to it... (And
Rico will present a single digit to
Mother Nature for this.)
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