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A travel warning has been issued for 15 states as multiple winter storms are set to impact the U.S.

January, 17, 2025-02:39

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A travel warning has been issued for 15 states as multiple winter storms are set to impact the U.S.

Travel warnings have been issued for 15 states as multiple winter storms are expected to bring ice and snow from the central U.S. to the East Coast. The first storm will bring snow and a wintry mix to the coastal Northeast and interior southeast, potentially reaching as far west as the Tennessee Valley, Ohio Valley, and Appalachians starting Sunday and lasting into Monday. This could lead to slick roads and travel disruptions.

The states in the storm's path include western North Carolina, Virginia, eastern Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Before this storm, two others are expected to impact the eastern U.S. The first will bring snow from the Midwest to the central Appalachians starting Wednesday evening and lasting through Thursday night.

The second storm will spread rain, snow, and a wintry mix from the northwest Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes beginning Friday. As these storms collide with cold ground temperatures, slippery road conditions will develop, particularly in parts of the Appalachians and Piedmont regions from Friday to Saturday. A freeze-up may occur in parts of the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, the Central Appalachians, and even the Northeast coast Saturday night.

AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Adam Douty advised that while snow is likely to have cleared Washington, D.C. in time for the Presidential inauguration on Monday, slippery conditions may still affect travel to the nation's capital from Sunday night through early Monday morning. Flights in and out of the impacted regions may face delays over the weekend and into early next week.

These back-to-back storms are part of an ongoing severe winter weather pattern that has been hitting the eastern U.S. since the start of the year. This includes Arctic blasts bringing record-low temperatures and two named storms: Blair and Cora. The first storm of the week will have the least impact, bringing one to three inches of snow across the Midwest and central Appalachians from Wednesday evening to Thursday night. However, higher accumulations of up to six inches are possible around the Great Lakes and in the higher elevations of West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania.

Intermittent snowfall may lead to light accumulations east of the Appalachians and along parts of Interstate 95 in the mid-Atlantic and New England from Thursday afternoon to Thursday night. After a brief break in the wintry weather, the second storm will begin forming on Friday. Rain is expected to reach as far north as the Ohio Valley and the mid-Atlantic coast, stretching into southeastern New England on Saturday. Cold temperatures will likely cause patches of ice to form in the Appalachians and Piedmont regions.