Posted on 02/15/2025 6:23:40 AM PST by metmom
In today’s forecast, we’re tracking a huge winter storm this weekend, followed by what could be the coldest weather in years next week! This weekend’s storm will bring heavy snow from the Central Plains to the Northeast, while the South faces a severe weather outbreak, with the risk of damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes. Meanwhile, flooding rain will impact parts of the Ohio Valley and Southeast, adding to the widespread impacts. But the real shock comes next week—an Arctic blast could bring the coldest temperatures in years, plunging much of the U.S. into a deep freeze with dangerously low wind chills. A brutal stretch of winter weather is ahead—get all the latest details in today’s in-depth forecast!
Cold rain in the Queen City on Wed for now. It might snow in Mallard Creek.
The storm is huge because of it’s size across the country, not just its impact on the northeast.
Welcome to New Hampshire.
It hasn’t started here (NH) yet. The clouds are just moving in.
It’s going to develop and strengthen throughout the day. Watch the video.
And so weather goes. Where cold air moves into a region, the place it vacated gets warm air.
But nice weather doesn’t make the news so we never here about it.
It’s huge because of perpetual weather hype.
Don’t watch it if you don’t like it.
Thank you, FRiend!
Saw projection for my region of South Jersey on Weather Channel this morning ...Wed .57 inches of precipitation, Thurs .95 Thats minimum of 15 inches of snow. Not the most I remember for Feb but it sure is a lot for us.
No, it’s huge because it’s covering about half the country.
Tornadoes and severe thunderstorm threat down south, and snow and ice in the northeast.
Snow is no big deal, but ice,..... Very destructive and increases the likelihood of power outages. And it’s going to stay cold for the week, hampering clean up efforts.
I will be very surprised if we don’t lose power from downed trees with this one. We tend to lose it easily here because of how forested NH is.
But we’re ready as most Granite Staters are. We have plenty of fuel, wood, and a generator. One thing we were surprised at in house hunting was the number of listing that showed, as part of their listings, their emergency generator electric panel in their basement. Some of them are pretty sophisticated.
But both tornadoes and cold can kill, and people need to be warned so they can be ready.
It’s winter!
When I lived in NJ for a few years as a kid, the Blizzard of 66 hit, and we got 6” of snow. Shut the state down for a week. We had a whole week off from school for snow that was the first real winter fun we had there. (I grew up in Buffalo)
Yeah. And ?
The WC was in Blacksburg last week and will be there this week. They just got the power back on after an ice storm. We are 30 min away and only got rain thankfully. That 800ft drop in elevation saved us.
Don’t you know global warming causes frigid winter storms
I recall one year when I was a teacher we got 21 inches of snow over a weekend in Feb. The next weekend we got 18 inches. I don’t think we went to school on a Monday that entire month. I also recall we went to school until June 28th that year.
If you live long enough one is likely to see it all. When I was a teenager ~50 years ago, I would be out fishing on shallow strip mines in central Illinois this time of year if the ice had melted and the weather cooperated. Ditto for playing golf this time of year.
We get storms in the winter. It happens. Not some sort of national emergency, however breathless the reporting.
One winter in NY, in the snow belt, Jan 2004, IIRC, between nor’easters and lake effect, we got 11 FEET of snow for the month. It’ was 3-4 feet deep on the ground by the time it settled. There was no where left to put it when we shoveled.
And yeah, we were shut down, too for a good part of the month. 3 feet of snow in two days is a bit much for even areas used to it to deal with. And for 2-3 weekends in a row? Those poor guys at the DPW got no rest.
Looking forward to at least four inches of snow and low temps around zero to 10 degrees for three days.
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