Here's the very latest on Winter Storm Elliott, which has the potential to become a bomb cyclone in the coming days:
Elliott's snowfall is mostly over the Northern Rockies and adjacent parts of the Plains right now.Winter storm alerts, including watches, warnings and advisories, have already been issued by the National Weather Service ahead of this storm. Among the cities included are Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Omaha and St. Louis.
Below, we'll step you through the timing, snowfall forecast, wind forecast, and other impacts from this storm, then we'll provide perspective on bomb cyclones and how this storm lines up with other December and all-time Great Lakes storms.The storm will spread into the Plains as the powerful arctic cold front plunges southward. Snow could be heavy, accompanied by strong winds in parts of the central Plains and upper Midwest.
Any rain or rain changing to snow in the Northeast will be followed by bitterly cold air that could result a flash freeze, making for icy conditions in spots.Friday Forecast Precipitation, WindsBy Saturday, the storm will move away into eastern Canada, but strong winds will likely linger in much of the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi Valley. Those winds blowing over the Great Lakes could produce bands of heavy lake-effect snow that could last into Christmas Day in the eastern Great Lakes.
Heavy snow is also expected in the eastern Great Lakes this weekend, with some one-foot totals possible in the Lake Erie and Ontario snowbelts of northeast Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania, western New York and upstate New York.Winds will increase in the Plains beginning Wednesday night into Thursday, but the strongest winds from this storm are expected Thursday night through Friday into early Saturday in the Midwest and along the East Coast from New England to Georgia Friday.
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