Two Winter Storms Hitting The Midwest, Mid-Atlantic

Lake-effect snow will be cranking to close out the week, with heavy snow and freezing rain slicing through the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic this weekend into early next week.

Lots of cold air and a fast-moving upper-level disturbance will lead to more heavy lake-effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes and into the northern and central Appalachians today. Lake Effect Snow Warnings remain in place across western and north-central New York as well as northwestern Pennsylvania, with Winter Weather Advisories stretching across western Michigan and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Additionally, Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories can be found along the spine of the Appalachians from Pennsylvania to northwestern North Carolina.

A large, lumbering low pressure system will make its way across the central and eastern U.S. between today and Monday.

Already, Winter Storm Watches have been issued from central Kansas to southern Indiana and northern Kentucky, including Topeka, Kan., Kansas City and St. Louis, Champaign and Vandalia, Ill., Terre Haute and Indianapolis, Ind., and Paducah, Louisville and Lexington, Ky. Winter Weather Advisories stretch along the western fringe of this system into western Kansas.

The low’s exact track will determine just how much can be expected, but a broad ribbon of 4 to 10 inches of snow and/or one-quarter to one-half inch of ice is possible from Kansas all the way to Virginia and Maryland. Be sure to keep checking your WeatherBug into the weekend as this storm’s track comes into better focus.

It’s never too early to prepare for inclement weather. Simply having an emergency kit equipped with a weather radio, extra batteries, non-perishable food, water, clean clothes and blankets will go a long way in keeping your family safe, warm and protected. Be sure to check the WeatherBug App or your local weather stations to keep informed on the approaching weather.