Programming note: We will have new updates on the winter storm by later this morning or midday. The first is forecast to bring three to five inches of snow across the Central Plains and Midwest to the Tennessee Valley through Wednesday evening. But that’s all about to change as Winter Storm Jonas is set to pummel the region with a massive blast of snow and high winds.
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Highs today are expected to reach the lower single digits, rising to the middle 20s by midweek.
Blustery winds, with gusts of up to 20 miles per hour will make it seem colder than that.
In much of North Georgia, a winter weather advisory was upgraded to a winter storm warning beginning about dawn Wednesday through midnight. In Springfield, the 57-degree span between high and low temperature was a record for the city; a 60- degree fall in Champaign was the second largest temperature drop on record. But Washington D.C. and New York City are going to take the most direct hits from Jonas, and snow won’t be the only issue.
Residents are under the advisory from 9 p.m. Tuesday to 9 a.m. Wednesday, and can expect a mixture of freezing rain, sleet or light snow, said NWS meteorologist Marlene Mickelson.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Increasing afternoon clouds. Precipitation is likely to begin Friday morning and continue through Saturday.
There are a few things that would put the limits on snow totals.
“Looks like we could be getting 1 to 3 inches of snow; a little bit of ice accumulation Interstate (40) northward into Kentucky”.
Monday: Temperatures will be turning colder as highs stay in the 30s all day.
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SNOW POTENTIAL INDEXA daily assessment of the potential for at least 1 inch of snow in the next week, on a 0-10 scale.
