More than 25 million people subject to some level of a winter weather alert, including possible blizzard conditions and bitter cold. Expect travel disruptions, power outages and school closings in some areas.
A winter storm will rapidly strengthen Thursday while shifting from the Ohio Valley into southern Quebec, according to the National Weather Service. Heavy snow and strengthening winds will shift from the Midwest into northern New England, , from Missouri to Maine, followed by very heavy lake effect snow downwind from the Lower Great Lakes, with possible blizzard conditions over parts of Western New York state downwind from Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Cities such as Chicago and Detroit are in the path of the storm.
A major lake-effect snow event is forecast downwind from the Lower Great Lakes on Thursday with accumulations of more than one foot (30 cm) possible.
Snow has already been reported in portions of South Dakota, Nebraska, eastern Colorado and Kansas, where Interstate 70 was closed for several hours.
“The corridor where 6-12 inches (15 t0 30 cm) of snow can fall has shifted south of Chicago but may be centered on Detroit; Champaign, Illinois; Fort Wayne, Indiana; and Toledo, Ohio,” said AccuWeather senior meteorologist Dan Pydynowski.
Temperatures will be 10 to 15 degrees below average over the Upper Midwest, Ohio Valley into the Tennessee Valley and the Gulf Coast on Thursday night into Friday.
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