00:00Lots of weather to get into here.
00:01This is going to be a very impactful storm,
00:03not only this next wave,
00:04but we're also talking about a third wave this week.
00:08The February frenzy that we've been talking about
00:09of snow and ice storms continues,
00:11and that Wrigley camera view
00:13is going to look a whole lot different
00:14come this time tomorrow,
00:16with a significant snowstorm on the way into Chicago area,
00:19and some other places that have not had
00:21a lot of snow yet this year.
00:22Omaha over toward Des Moines,
00:24and everywhere here in the blue with the snow,
00:27an icy mix from parts of the Ohio Valley,
00:30places up toward Indianapolis,
00:32up into portions of the interior northeast,
00:34and a soaking rain and flooding rain concerns
00:36across parts of the southeast,
00:38including the areas that were hard hit by Hurricane Helene,
00:41where additional rainfall can result in flooding concerns.
00:45All right, so looking at this map right here,
00:47this is what we're going to be primarily watching out
00:49for the highest potential of dangerous road conditions,
00:52even power outage potential.
00:54That's correct.
00:55Our biggest concern about freezing rain,
00:57not enough to create not only slippery travel on the roads,
00:59but to down trees and power lines
01:02would be in the Laurel Highlands,
01:03the highest elevations of southwestern Pennsylvania,
01:06through the high ground of western Maryland,
01:09and eastern West Virginia,
01:10down into western portions of Virginia,
01:13Roanoke, dealing with some freezing rain as we speak now,
01:16so that's going to be from the first storm,
01:19and then of course our next storm,
01:20producing those same kinds of concerns in similar areas.
01:24All right, so in addition to the freezing rain threat,
01:26there's also going to be a pretty good potential
01:28of record-breaking snowfall for some areas
01:30stretching from the High Plains all the way into New England.
01:33A big snowstorm here with the strip of six to 10 inches
01:37of snow here from the St.
01:38Lourdes Valley all the way southwestward
01:41through portions of the Great Lakes states,
01:43just north of Detroit, right through Chicagoland,
01:45as we mentioned, and also down toward Kansas City
01:48with significant snow,
01:49and this is going to cause widespread travel problems
01:52right in through this area here
01:53as we deal with that heavy snow
01:55that's going to come down at a rate
01:56of one to two inches per hour,
01:58and that's going to result in some big travel problems.
02:01That's right, so in addition to the snow threat,
02:03there is also going to be a severe weather threat
02:05associated with this storm system
02:07tomorrow afternoon to tomorrow evening across the southeast.
02:10That's correct.
02:11Look out across the southeastern part of the United States.
02:14Concern here about a few widely separated tornadoes,
02:17flash flooding, damaging thunderstorm winds,
02:20all part of the threat here tomorrow
02:23along the I-55 and also the I-20 corridor.
02:26In some locations,
02:27a great time to download the AccuWeather app
02:29and turn on push notifications.
02:31We'll send you those weather warnings
02:32for your community as they're issued.
02:33All right, John, so in addition to this second storm system,
02:36we're also watching out for potentially
02:38heavy rainfall-producing third system across the West Coast.
02:41Here comes storm number three,
02:43and this one is going to have
02:44a significant atmospheric river.
02:46Look at where it's directed, right to Southern California.
02:49This is where we need the rain
02:50to help with the short-term drought conditions,
02:53but it can't come too fast, too furious.
02:55If that occurs, then we're going to be dealing with
02:57a significant concern about flash flooding,
03:00especially in areas where those devastating wildfires
03:04have occurred recently across the L.A. area,
03:06and we have burn scars from those wildfires.
03:10That's highly susceptible to mudslides, rock slides,
03:13and dangerous flooding down in areas
03:16associated with those burn scars,
03:18so that's gonna be a major concern.
03:20That could quickly escalate to a life-threatening
03:23flash flooding situation.
03:25All right, John, so let's go ahead and track this
03:26hour by hour here with our future track radar.
03:28So that Western storm system,
03:30it's gonna be bringing lots of impactful weather here
03:33as it heads into the Northeast
03:35over the next couple of days heading into the weekend.
03:37Another weekend storm, Damien, as you mentioned,
03:39that storm is gonna cross the country,
03:41bringing a wide variety of snow, ice,
03:43and severe thunderstorm impacts,
03:45and look at where it is by later Sunday afternoon
03:48up and across the portions of the Northeast.
03:50We'll be dealing with snow and ice inland.
03:53Initially, this will be a little bit of snow and ice
03:56along the I-95 corridor in the big cities,
03:59but then go over to rain,
04:00and a heavy rain at that in some locations.
04:03All right, so, John, what do people need to know about here
04:05as we head into the weekend with this February frenzy?
04:08Well, the main key is frequent disruptions
04:10to everyday life.
04:11There'll be school delays and cancellations
04:13in several areas, and all kinds of travel problems.
04:17Whenever you have delays and cancellations at big airports,
04:21that has the risk of spreading that out
04:23all across the country,
04:24even at areas that are not impacted by the storm.
04:28All righty, AcuWeather Chief Meteorologist John Porter,
04:30thank you so much for your insight.
04:32Good with you.
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