A weekend winter storm will bring biting temperatures and dump several inches of snow on areas from the Midwest to Northeast.
Forty-two million people are under winter alerts ahead of the storm that will move from west to east, with snow totals accumulating from Minneapolis to Massachusetts.
The storm, forecast to be colder and create more snow than Thursday’s storm system that swept across the Northeast, will see snow and freezing rain hit the Midwest, Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and Northeast on Saturday.
The heaviest snow for the I-95 corridor will fall late Saturday night into early Sunday morning.
New York will see light snow starting early Saturday afternoon with the heaviest snow Saturday evening into Sunday morning. Boston will see light snow around sunset Saturday with snowfall growing heavier overnight into Sunday morning. Washington D.C. will not see much snow from this system, but will experience a period of light snow followed by freezing rain.
Most of the snow will be off the New England coast by noon Sunday, but cold and gusty conditions will remain for the rest of the day.
Two to four inches of snow will fall from Wisconsin to Maine and higher snow totals of four to six inches will fall across New England. Some isolated snow amounts could reach eight inches.
But the winter weather doesn’t stop there.
Another system of severe weather is expected to pummel swathes of the country Monday into Wednesday of next week.
The storm will take shape across the central Plains and Midwest on Monday, where snow could fall from Minneapolis to Wichita. Heavy rain and flash flooding on the southern side across Oklahoma and Arkansas is possible.
On Tuesday, light to moderate snow will be possible from the Great Lakes to the Northeast. Washington D.C. may see more snow from this system compared to the weekend system. Further, heavy rain and strong storms could be possible across the Tennessee Valley, the Southeast and the Carolinas.
While it’s too soon to predict snowfall totals, moderate snow amounts could be possible for Washington D.C., Philadelphia and New York City, with lighter snow amounts possible for Minneapolis, Chicago, Cleveland, Hartford and Boston.
It comes after a Thursday winter storm saw winter alerts in place from Nebraska to Massachusetts. That storm brought snow, freezing rain and ice, leading to power outages, car crashes due to dangerous road conditions, and school closures.
