AccuWeather meteorologists are urging people to get their fill of warm weather through the end of the week as colder air is expected to advance across the country and drop temperatures by as much as 40 degrees Fahrenheit from the Midwest to the Northeast. The transition to colder conditions will start this weekend and continue into next week and some areas of the Midwest may even receive accumulating snow. The temperature plunge will progress slowly from west to east in the wake of a potent stor
Tornadoes touched down into the night, laying waste to homes and businesses and stripping bark and limbs off trees, as part of a sprawling storm system that also brought wildfires to the southern Plains and blizzard conditions to the Upper Midwest.
A powerful, cross-country storm will bring another round of snow and gusty winds to the northern Plains and Upper Midwest late this week and into this weekend, according to AccuWeather forecasters. The combination of strong winds and heavy snow will reduce visibility for a time in many areas and may produce dangerous blizzard conditions from Friday into Saturday from the Dakotas to northern Michigan. Winter weather advisories and winter storm watches were in effect for a large portion of the nor