Funviralpark A dangerous blizzard escalated into a bomb cyclone on Friday, pummeling the Great Lakes and the Northeast with snow, damaging winds and causing temperatures to plummet.
A deadly blizzard escalated into a bomb cyclone on Friday, pummeling the Great Lakes and the Northeast with snow, damaging winds and plummeting temperatures, sending millions of people trying to reach their destinations over the Christmas holiday weekend. It gave people a nightmare trip.
The central pressure of the storm had dropped by 30 mbar in the 24 hours through Friday morning, officially exceeding the Bombogenesis criteria of a drop of 24 mbar in 24 hours.
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A combination of dangerous driving conditions and frigid temperatures is believed to have killed at least nine people in about half a dozen states.
Three people were killed in Oklahoma crashes due to bad weather, three died on dirt roads in Kentucky, and one died in a car overturn in Missouri. One person has also died in Texas after prolonged exposure to freezing temperatures.
Earlier this week, lawmakers in the Portland, Oregon, area said roads were icy when a semi-truck crashed into a former shipwreck site along Interstate 84 on Tuesday, killing one man. reported.
More than 1.4 million power outages have been reported from Texas to the East Coast. This was because massive gale force winds knocked over trees and limbs and damaged power lines and other electrical equipment. Another ice storm caused power outages in the Pacific Northwest.
More than 1 million people without power in 25 states as winter bomb cyclone sweeps nation with ferocious winds
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Winter storms bring frigid and life-threatening temperatures, causing widespread and rapid freezing in the east and south. After the rains, temperatures quickly drop below freezing all the way to Florida, where the coldest Christmas could last for over 20 weeks. 30 years.
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Dangerously windy cold, plus snow cover expected for large parts of the U.S.
Blizzard warnings affect more than 12 million people in the northern Plains, Upper Midwest and Great Lakes, including Fargo, North Dakota; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Rochester, Minnesota; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Applied. Grand Rapids, Indiana, Michigan, and Buffalo, New York.
Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Warnings are issued by the National Weather Service from the eastern North Plains to the Midwest, Great Lakes, Mid-South, Central Appalachians, and inland Northeast. These include Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Nashville, Tennessee.
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Snow, high winds and frigid temperatures will combine to make travel conditions very difficult, if not impossible, in many of the areas with winter warnings.
More than 5,000 flights were canceled nationwide through Saturday, and more than 16,000 flights were delayed between Wednesday and Friday, according to FlightAware data.
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According to the FOX Forecast Center, additional snowfall totals along this winter’s storm tracks are likely to be found near the Great Lakes. In the north, the lake can bring more than a foot of heavy snowfall over the weekend.
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With the exception of some local totals from the Adirondack Mountains in New York to the Green Mountains in Vermont, the White Mountains in New Hampshire, and parts of northern Maine, snow depth elsewhere is 6 It can be less than an inch.
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Where is the winter storm now?
Snow from severe winter storms is falling on parts of the Great Lakes and the Northeast. Precipitation is currently falling as rain pouring down over the rest of the northeast, ahead of an Arctic cold front, but as the front rushes through the region, the rain will quickly turn to snow from west to east.
Due to the Arctic front, gusts of 30 to 40 miles per hour are blowing snow across the Great Plains and Midwest, continuing to drift areas and creating dangerous travel conditions even where the snow has already ended.
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Stronger wind gusts were reported in the east, where gusts topped 50 mph on Friday. new england coast and western new yorkcontributes to an increase in blackouts.
Weather sites from the Plains behind the Arctic cold front to the Eastern Seaboard are reporting temperatures dropping by more than 30 degrees within an hour.
50°C to below 0°C: A blast of bone-chilling frigid air from the Arctic front
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Friday-Friday night: blizzard disrupts travel on Great Lakes, winds blow up east coast
The winter storm reached its peak intensity over the Great Lakes on Friday. Blizzard conditions will continue to disrupt travel from the Plains and Upper Midwest to Michigan and western and northern New York.
Strong winds are likely to cause thousands more power outages across the Great Lakes and the Northeast, according to the FOX Forecast Center, a potentially life-threatening situation for those who experience power outages in the extreme cold.
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Forecast for Friday, December 23, 2022.
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On the east side of the warmer side of the storm, significant impacts are expected along the east coast, even in the absence of blizzard conditions.
Wind-driven rain is expected in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern regions on Friday, with gusts of 50 mph or more blowing across the region, causing damage. Wind gusts of 60 to 70 miles per hour cannot be ruled out as the Arctic cold front moves east Friday through Friday night.
Sporadic blackouts are likely to continue into Friday night, with more widespread blackouts likely in areas with the strongest gusts, such as western and northern New York and northern and coastal New England.
Gale warnings and advisories issued for wide swaths of the eastern United States
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The gusts are strong enough to topple trees and limbs and damage power lines and other electrical equipment, especially heavy snowfall adds extra weight to trees and power lines, making them more susceptible to damage from high pressure. Wind.
Plan ahead for potential power outages in life-threatening conditions associated with winter storms.
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After the rain stops, there is no danger. A sharp drop in temperature will cause widespread and rapid freezing of stagnant water on the roads, creating dangerous travel conditions from Friday night through at least Saturday.
Additionally, on the immediate east coast, strong land winds at high tide Friday morning will lead to the threat of significant coastal flooding along the south-facing coastline. The FOX Forecast Center said flood levels could rank 10th on record along parts of the northeastern and New England coasts.
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FOX Weather’s Katie Byrne was in Queens, NY, where a significant amount of flooding occurred on Friday, leading to water rescues.
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A winter storm hits eastern Canada on Christmas Eve, but strong winds continue to affect parts of the Midwest, Great Lakes, and the Northeast. As these winds blow over the lakes, intense lake-effect snow belts are expected to develop in the Great Lakes snow belt, with heavy snowfall in localized areas until at least Christmas Day.
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Forecast for Saturday, December 24, 2022.
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A blizzard warning has been issued for Buffalo, New York, due to a combination of heavy snow and strong winds from the lake.
“There continues to be a high level of confidence in the expected snowstorm conditions both downwind of Lake Erie and in Jefferson County off Lake Ontario,” Buffalo’s National Weather Service wrote in its forecast discussion. “The combination of heavy snowfall and very strong winds from the lake will create blizzard conditions across the Niagara Frontier from Friday afternoon through Saturday night, with the same blizzard conditions continuing in Jefferson County by Friday afternoon. and will continue until Sunday morning.”
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A travel ban has been issued for Erie County and the city of Buffalo in western New York. FOX Weather’s Max Gorden reports from the shores of Lake Erie in Hamburg, NY.
Snowfall through Monday will range from 1 to 4 feet in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and western Michigan, as well as western and northern New York, according to the FOX Forecast Center.
Prolonged gusts of wind could continue to cause dangerously cold wind chills throughout the Christmas weekend, which could seriously threaten those left without power.
Lake effect snow forecast through Monday 26 December 2022.
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