are dealing with very strong winds. which will blow that snow all around and quickly reduce villa stability. enes kanter lead to extremely treacherous travel. so we are watching, especially for folks are gonna be traveling, may be or not taken to the skies may be are taken to the roads, or a meeting the railroad for that conditions will not approve until about saturday evening at the system finally we are going to have lake enhancement down in the great lakes, so in total we could very easily see upwards of a foot or more of snow on the way and then those very strong gluttony gusty winds this is going to make for a traveling nightmare heading right into christmas katie? thank you kendal. winter appearing with the event jen to her peers. for more on the story, and so much more download the fox weather app, a stream fox weather on your favorite connected tv device. well you similar stressed out over here you re right breathing deep? why would i not be stressed
corridor and also damaging wind gusts that perhaps exceed 60 miles per hour, lead to some coastal flooding concerns particularly with the high tide cycle friday morning and of course with the blizzard, snow is a story, 3 to 6 inches, chicago area, some lake enhancement off the great lakes, we could see some areas well in excess of a foot. john. john: sounds like it s going to be a lot of fun. ian oliver for us, thank you. download the fox weather app or stream on your favorite connected television device. sandra. sandra: we ll be watching that, the freezing weather also expected to hit your wallet hard. madison, how much more are people having to pay this year to heat their homes? sandra, we are seeing double digit increases. these low temperatures could not be coming at a worst time when we are seeing across the country these high prices. so, offer average, if you use
thursday night and friday as it approaches the great lakes. snow is one part of this equation as we move forward. these numbers have trended down slightly from yesterday. it s the wind and the cold that will really make this powerful storm system so disruptive as we approach the christmas holiday weekend. that being said, it s half a foot up to a foot of snow for areas in the midwest, the great lakes. there s some lake enhancement like lower michigan, one to two feet of snow are possible. this is what i was talking about. look at the wind gusts that could exceed 60 miles per hour, perhaps up to 70 manage. could have widespread power outages when we talk about arctic air pouring down from canada. these are the windchill alerts. it s 57 million americans under some form of windchill alert. the reason for that, look at this. we have these windchill values-feels-like temperatures
richmond area, as we go into wednesday. it collides with warmer air. we ll watch the lake enhancement for the ohio valley as we go to our wednesday. our friends across the pacific northwest, they continue to go through. minor flooding possible. look at some of these snowfall totals. we re talking at least 12 to 18 inches into the rockies some of that winter wonderland in full effect across the west coast. now, jonathan, this is what everybody has been waiting for. i have your christmas eve forecast. showers across the great lakes. it s going to be a great travel day from the deep south to the southeast. then we ll watch another storm for the west coast. that s going to continue for your christmas day. it will not be a white christmas for the northeast and east coast. 60s and sunshine. jonathan? it s good to know about the