US: Wintry weather to unfold across Plains, Midwest

 Monday, December 12, 2022 

Torturous wintry scenes were underway on both coasts on Sunday, before Christmas, with feet of snow for the mountains in the West.

According to forecasters, the uptick in winter weather is only just getting underway, with over a foot of snow, strong winds and blizzard conditions expected for many in the northern Plains to start this week. Later in the week, the storm will shift east yet again, potentially dumping substantial amounts of snow in portions of the Midwest.

The source of this future snow is currently moving onshore in the Pacific states, bringing heavy rain to coastal California and heavy snow for many inland regions of the Intermountain West. Following a typical storm track, this will shift eastward into the Plains late Monday and into Tuesday, according to forecasters.

“A potent area of low pressure is set to form over Colorado and Kansas Monday. This will pull moist air northward from the Gulf of Mexico, combining it with bitterly cold air from the polar regions in Canada. With the two put together, a major snowstorm is in the cards from Colorado to Minnesota into midweek,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Thomas Geiger explained.

The same storm will also create a severe weather threat across the southern U.S. through midweek.

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