for many. a little bit cloudy with a bit of rain across cornwall. that is not really moving too far in. a bit milder in this part of the country is ultimately deceit is starting to creep up a little bit. and as we head into the come of this milder air mass has been sitting over the atlantic. it s moving slowly across northern ireland and parts of scotland, and it will start to move southeast as well. parts of the southeast for england and wales will stay cold there for longer. we will see those temperatures just climbing up see those temperatures just climbing up a little bit from the north and west.
The cyclone could spawn snowfalls of a half inch (1.25 cm) per hour and howling winds gusting to 60 mph (97 kph) from the Upper Midwest to the interior Northeast, producing blizzard conditions and near-zero visibility, the weather service said. Combined with the arctic cold, wind-chill factors as low as 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit (minus 40 Celsius) were forecast in the High Plains, the northern Rockies and Great Basin, the NWS said.
the toronto district school board and the greater toronto area, some students will get an early start to the christmas season school day is a snow day tomorrow. yes, it s like a christmas movie! what will be the worst impacted areas? how serious can this get? this can be a big one. this can be, as some are saying, a once in a generation type of storm. it s going to be quite the conversation starter as weather always is, but it s going to be out about location. starting tonight with the rain and warmer temperatures, as the temperatures move in, we call this a cold snap, all this with a cold front, will start to see what could be a flash freeze where temperatures take a nosedive. windchill values, temperatures are one thing we can handle, we re winter warriors in the north, but the windchill values will bite and come out of nowhere. we are seeing an arctic air mass spill in from the prrairies region from western canada up towards the yukon and northwest territories. that s building int
drives the cold air to the south. more in areas that don t typically get it. this morning, we have had 1.5 million people without power. that s a lot of people dealing with these cold temperatures out there across the country. the highest winds in buffalo. 79 mile per hour gust. portland, maine, 64. in high elevations, one of the highest peaks, gusted into the 90 mile per hour range. the high winds will continue. the power outages will go up probably for another six to 12 hours. then people will get power back on as we go through the holiday weekend. that s like christmas eve and christmas. how about the power crews out there having to work all weekend to get power back on? in the northeast, a cold front went through washington, d.c., philly, heading to new york city. it will get to boston by the time we get to late afternoon. it will sweep up through northern new england. everyone east of the rockies will be in this arctic air mass. the temperatures, amazing, 53 in
already cold. they are continuing to get colder this windchill also a major issue as well. jessica. all right, tom lehman for us, thanks so much. forecasters, of course, warned this would be bad but how is it shaping up to compare. greg harman is forecast operations nev at noaa s prediction center. how is it lining up with what you thought would happen? yeah, good day, jessica. well, this is an expansive, extensive storm system 23 you look at the weather maps this afternoon. it basically encompasses most of eastern canada, eastern half or maybe two-thirds of the united states with the circulation all the way down into the gulf of mexico and parts of florida. it is a large and dangerous storm system. the arctic air mass advertised well in advance, outlooks over two weeks ago indicating for the potential for it to spread across the united states right around christmastime right on schedule. the low pressure system