After days of frigid temperatures, the Northeast is bracing for a whopper of a storm that could dump well over a foot of snow in many areas, create blizzard-like conditions and cause travel problems for the next few days.
The storm system blanketed parts of the Midwest in the most snow some places had seen in several years. Chicago got almost 7 inches of snow by Sunday morning, leading to the cancellation of several hundred flights at the city s two airports. In Wisconsin, snow depths in some counties near Lake Michigan had reached more than 15 inches, and the snow was still falling.
A winter storm system that brought heavy rainfall, historic snow and mudslides to parts of California and is blamed for two deaths may strengthen into a nor easter as it moves across the Midwest over the weekend.
Winter weather advisories, watches and warnings span 20 states, according to the National Weather Service s Weather Prediction Center, which has said 8 or more inches of snow is likely in regions of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and other Eastern states by Tuesday morning.
The Washington D.C. area, which includes Baltimore and northern Virginia, will receive 4 to 6 inches of snowfall, Jermey Geider, a National Weather Service meteorologist for the region, told USA TODAY. It could be the largest snowfall the area has seen in two years, the Washington Post reported.