Major winter storm to impact millions in Eastern US over MLK holiday weekend

Source: The Hill | January 13, 2022 | Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

AccuWeather meteorologists predict the storm will drop a foot of snow over most of the Midwest before bringing rain and sleet to the East Coast.

Another winter storm is expected to bring frigid temperatures along with a mix of snow, rain and sleet to most of the Eastern United States over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.  

AccuWeather forecasters predict the storm will reach the Northern Plains states and Midwest by late Thursday covering North Dakota through Illinois down to parts of Missouri in half a foot of snow by Friday. 

The major winter storm, dubbed by meteorologists as the “Saskatchewan screamer,” will be caused by a mix of frigid air coming down from Canada meeting with a disturbance from the Pacific Northwest.  

Forecasters believe the storm could bring up to a foot of snowfall to the area of the Cornbelt between just north of Fargo, N.D., and Des Moines, Iowa.  

As the storm moves east, forecasters predict it will dip into the Tennessee Valley area bringing snow into Appalachia and cities as far south as Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia before moving into the Carolinas early Sunday and snaking up into the Northeast by Monday night.  

AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter warned the Carolinas could see a “significant” amount of sleet that could quickly coat trees and power lines in frozen rain potentially causing “extended” power outages.  

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