Winter Storm Harper is already pummeling parts of the West with heavy snow and will spread its mess of snow, ice and wind into the Plains, Midwest and Northeast into this weekend.
Harper's heaviest snow, so far, is in the Sierra Nevada of California. Early Thursday morning, Lone Pine, California, reported 5 inches of snow had fallen in just 2 hours.
That storm will tap into cold air once it moves through the central and eastern states Friday through the weekend, delivering a widespread swath of significant snow.
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Winter storm watches and warnings and winter weather advisories have been posted by the National Weather Service from the northern and central Plains eastward through the southern Great Lakes and into the Northeast.
Cities included in the winter storm watches or warnings include Chicago, Milwaukee, Boston, Hartford, Providence, Pittsburgh, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland and Des Moines.
In other words, air travel is going to be severely impacted with many delayed or cancelled flights. Even if your flight is not in the storm area, the plane may be delayed in coming from someplace that is. Better leave early on your tropical vacation.
(Score: 2) by istartedi on Friday January 18 2019, @07:02PM (3 children)
True to form, 100 miles from there it will be a nice white blanket while DC is forecast to have "wintry mix". Snow messes things up, but at least you can have fun with it. Sleet, freezing rain, cold rain--good for nothing. You're stuck inside watching tree limbs snap and hoping the power doesn't go out. Pure misery.
Now I'm in NorCal and at an altitude where it mostly just rains. On those rare days when it snows here, it's a clean transition from rain to wet snow. In 10 years here I've never heard "wintry mix" forecast for a heavily populated area. Good riddance.
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(Score: 2) by captain normal on Friday January 18 2019, @10:06PM (1 child)
Shh...we don't want too many people of the frigid right side moving out here.
When life isn't going right, go left.
(Score: 3, Funny) by istartedi on Friday January 18 2019, @10:14PM
No worry. It's not all rainbows and sunshine. I also live in a firequake mudslide zone, pay 102% of my money in taxes and got killed by gangs yesterday.
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(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday January 19 2019, @06:22AM
Winter is Coming. Tell me about it. I'm at the White House, almost by myself. I'm not alone, I have the horrible cold & snow to keep me "company." I'm waiting, very patiently, for the Dems to fund the Wall (Barrier). And I'll wait as long as I have to. I'll do whatever I have to. But I'll tell you, I could really use a little of that good old Global Warming right now. While Melanie & Barron are in Florida. In sunny warm Florida. Declare State of Emergency??