Winter storm Blair forecast places 60 million Americans under weather alerts with nearly two feet of snow predicted

Daily Mail UK ^ | January 4, 2025 | Samantha Rutt

[Morgana]

Nearly 60 million Americans are under weather threat alerts as a monstrous winter storm gears up to slam parts of the country with heavy snow and debilitating ice.

Weather experts forecast that impending winter storm Blair will affect sweep across the Great Plains and the Northeast this weekend into early next week, affecting cities such as Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis and Indianapolis.

Forecasters predict that the Rocky Mountain region as well as the Central and Northern Plains areas will be hit by heavy snow, strong winds and freezing rain.

'The storm is shaping up to be the first widespread cross-country winter storm of the season for the central and eastern United States and will negatively affect travel during the final days of the holiday break,' AccuWeather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.

Residents in Wichita, Kansas City and Omaha can expect blizzard-like conditions due to heavy snow and strong winds.

'A wintry mix could start as early as this afternoon and transition to snow Sunday afternoon,' the National Weather Service field office in Kansas City said on X.

'Wind gusts around 35-40 mph on Sunday could yield possible blizzard conditions.'

Over time, the hefty winter storm is expected to shift toward the Missouri region, whose residents should expect similar, hazardous conditions.

[Pollard]

As much as I hate cell phones, here I am.

[Carriage Hill]

LOL!
We didn’t make a ‘list’ — too much ‘evidence’ left behind...

[hoosierham]

Snow started 10 a.m. as predicted by 1Weather app.Just steady light snow ,not much wind.

[sausageseller]

Nothing just NW of Indy yet.
Where are you at?

[Carriage Hill]

Clear, blue skies and windy here in York, PA, right now but it’s coming our way tonite and tomorrow. I use AccuWeather.com for weather and forecasts on my old HP Desktop w/ Win-7.