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Lucy Bergemann

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<p>We have seen significant icing this week with ice causing problems from Texas to Tennessee from roadways to power outages. More icy precipitation today and Thursday will bring the potential for additional impacts, so please plan accordingly and try not to be on the roads. Surface temperatures are below freezing, but with a warm nose of air in the 850 MB layer of the atmosphere (about 5000 feet above the ground), temperatures are above freezing, hence leading to freezing rain and sleet. Numerous accidents and subsequent road closures have been reported - take it slow, leave extra room, and check your tire tread before heading out.</p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1620648139676868611" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1620648139676868611"></div><p>Mild and muggy air from the Gulf of Mexico is riding up and over cold, dense air along a boundary from Texas to the Mid-Atlantic. Although the precipitation initially falls from the clouds as snowflakes, this warm layer of air causes the flakes to melt. Those raindrops will then fall into a shallow layer of freezing air before reaching the ground. Where this layer is thick enough for the drops to partially or fully re-freeze, sleet (small ice pellets) accumulates. However, where the layer is too thin for the liquid to solidify, those drops freeze on contact with surfaces, this is called <strong>freezing rain</strong>. 0.25" - 0.50" of ice is enough to create power outages and downed tree limbs. Slick roadways and bridges will make travel difficult and dangerous.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/new ice-1675275736100.JPG"></p><p>Winter Weather Alerts stretch from Texas through West Tennessee through Thursday as a result of the icing event. The dark purple ICE STORM WARNINGS carry through Wednesday and Thursday morning for the heaviest, most repeated rounds of icing. Some areas were upgraded early Wednesday morning to ice storm warnings, including Dallas and Fort Smith, Arkansas.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/Capture-1675282444155.JPG">Take a look at the widespread icing in the forecast in north Texas. As temperatures warm slightly through the day at the lower levels of the atmosphere we will see a changeover back to rain rather than freezing rain through the Red River Valley. Even though alerts finish up through Wednesday afternoon, models indicate the potential for icing once again Wednesday night into Thursday. Prepare for a long-duration event all of this week!</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/RADAR-1675256098457.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>Many communities are experiencing power outages, especially around the Austin, TX metro. If your power goes out, run generators at least 20 feet from the outside of your home and if you're using a space heater inside, put it at least three feet away from any flammable items.</p>

Significant Icing Event Causes Widespread Power Outages & Halts Travel Through the South

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<p>GULF STATES - Another round of rainfall will be moving back into our Gulf Coast states through Friday of this week. For some areas of Texas, we are watching the possibility for some of this rain to freezing into ice later in the week, on Thursday morning, as temperatures fall. For most of us in the Gulf, a cold rain should be expected with a few pockets of severe weather possible too.</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/significant-icing-for-the-plains-to-the-ohio-valley"><strong><em>Related Article: Significant Icing For The Plains</em></strong></a></p><h1>Flood Risk</h1><p>A flood watch has been issued for the I-20 corridor of northern Louisiana as saturated grounds will lead to the increased concern of flash flooding through Thursday.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/02-01_rsc_rse_fcst rain-1675282822165.jpg">The excessive rainfall outlook on Wednesday is a level 1 out of 4 threat through east Texas and western Louisiana. This will lead to some isolated areas getting enough rainfall to create a flooding risk. The Weather Prediction Center has once again highlighted the risk of excessive rainfall on Thursday, which is more widespread throughout the Southern U.S. Given the saturated grounds we will be concerned about flash flooding in urban and agricultural areas alike.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/02-01_rsc rse_excess rain-1675282827036.jpg"></p><h1>Severe Risk</h1><p>Despite the cooler air and lack of widespread instability through the South, we still manage to see a few severe storms on Thursday. The Storm Prediction Center has also issued a "Marginal" risk for severe storms Thursday including New Orleans through Tallahassee. Be prepared for damaging winds along with the threat of waterspouts, as is common close to the Gulf Coast.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/spc thu-1675275549455.JPG"></p><h1>Timing</h1><p>Gulf moisture pumps into the state of Texas on Wednesday, bringing in heavy rainfall on top of any icing. While we see showers throughout the day on Wednesday through central Texas and the western Gulf, the bulk of the heavy rainfall activity arrives late Wednesday night and continues into Thursday. As the area of low pressure draws in warmer gulf moisture, heavy rain pours in over the rest of our Gulf coast states into Thursday and moves into the Atlantic by Friday. Rain will be extremely heavy at times, contributing to the flood risk.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/2023-02-01 13-20-37-1675282881059.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>Join WeatherNation for the Eastern Regional Forecast always:10 and:30 past the hour for more details on the weekend forecast and the potential for wet weather.</p>

Flood Alerts Issued as Heavy Rain & Severe Weather Returns to the Gulf

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<h1>Tonight</h1><p>Lake effect snow alerts are in effect for heavy snow overnight Wednesday into Thursday through the Tug Hill Plateau of New York. We could see locally up to 6" of snowfall here in a narrow lake effect band before winds start to shift. </p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/LE alerts-1675283900486.JPG"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/lake effect snowfall-1675283909530.JPG"></p><h1>Thursday - Friday</h1><p>A weak clipper system slides through the northern tier of the country Thursday morning into Friday, bringing a light coating of snow to the upper Great Lakes. We will likely see pockets of lake enhancement and eventually lake effect snowfall behind the clipper. </p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/lake effect and clipper-1675283790908.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>Our snow brings in arctic air Friday through Saturday to the Northeast, in some cases the coldest air ever on record. The brutally cold air in our upper levels of our atmosphere should be enough to combat already cold surface temperatures of the Great Lakes. We generally need a temperature difference between the surface and 5000ft of 25°F for lake effect snow showers to be successful. As we are deep in the winter season, our lakes are at their coldest and those temperature differences can be hard to achieve. </p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/le criteria-1675283774122.JPG"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/forecast temps 850-1675283676573.JPG">Some of the lakeshores are covered with ice, but it is important that the "fetch" or distance the super-cold air can travel over the ice is exposed water. We see that through Lakes Huron, Ontario and even Lake Erie despite it being the shallowest Great Lake. </p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/water temps-1675283702852.JPG">For more on the brutal cold, incoming snow and weekend forecast in the Northeast and Great Lakes, join us for your top headlines and our eastern regional forecast, always :10 past the hour.   </p>

Lake Effect & Clipper System Combine to Bring Snow to the Northeast

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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Arctic air from Canada has been grasping much of the central and western U.S. leading to the icy mess across the South. And after some </span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">slightly</span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> warmer weather Wednesday, another blast of winter is coming to the High Plains of the Dakotas and Minnesota to round out the work week. Check out the wind chills on Wednesday morning through the Plains - many spots felt like -30 to -10 below. That is incredibly cold, but up from wind chill values of -30 to -50 degrees seen Tuesday morning through Wyoming and Michigan! </span></p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/wind chills this am-1675284246717.JPG"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/01/wind chill-1675204632987.JPG">Wind chill alerts are in effect Thursday into Friday for North Dakota and Minnesota along with parts of Wisconsin. Wind chill values will quickly sink again as arctic air takes over. While we aren't anticipating huge wind gusts, even a little breeze at these temperatures can be extremely dangerous! </p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/north central chill-1675284277899.JPG">At these forecast numbers, frostbite can set in as quickly as 5 or 10 minutes to any exposed skin. It's always helpful to remind yourself to cover up any exposed skin before you venture outside, especially if you have to work outside. Layers, layers, and more layers! </p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/high vs chill-1675284307689.JPG"></p><p>Stay with us here at WeatherNation as we track the cold and please stay safe!</p>

Single Degree Highs Return to the High Plains Thursday

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Summer of 1993, New England Dragway. That's when and where Steve knew he wanted to become a meteorologist. More than 20 years later he is extremely fortunate and blessed to be able to live his childhood dream. As a lover of math and science, Steve had a consistent interest in weather in elementary, middle, and high school before discovering you can major in meteorology. He attended Lyndon State College in Vermont where he received a bachelor's in meteorology-broadcasting and associate's in television news. He has worked as a meteorologist and reporter in Winchester, VA, Burlington, VT, and most recently in West Palm Beach, FL. He's recognized by the American Meteorological Society with the Certification of Broadcast Meteorologists.

Steven Glazier

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<p>We have seen brutal cold through the central U.S. the last few days and as we look ahead to the weekend forecast, the Polar Jet will start to migrate to the east. There are still some wind chill alerts in the northern tier of the country including North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin that will continue for Thursday and Friday morning.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/02-01_rnc_wind chill alerts-1675282374984.jpg"></p><p>Cold air sinks south from Canada late Friday night through Saturday, impacting the Northeast as the bitter cold rounds out the work week and starts the weekend. Think ahead to your weekend plans, perhaps delaying that early Saturday run and making sure you have appropriate plans for your pets, plants, and pipes.</p><h2>Record Cold</h2><p>We have widespread lows anticipated in the single digits on either side of zero. Everywhere you see a light pink dot is an opportunity to tie or break a record-low temperature on Saturday morning. Dress appropriately because this will be the coldest air we have felt in years! Record low temperatures will be possible Saturday morning in New York City, with forecast numbers in the single digits above zero.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/02-01_rnc_potential record low-1675282450051.jpg">To the north closer to the Adirondacks of New York, temperatures of -25 degrees could rival records. Morning lows will plummet well below 0 for some, which means in less than 30 minutes of being outside, exposed skin is prone to frostbite.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/PIC4-1675250880091.jpg">Check out the daytime highs - we will be in the teens and 20s through much of the region with highs in the single digits through northern New England!</p><h2><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/PIC5-1675250894570.jpg">Wind Chills</h2><p>Wind chill alerts extend toward New England as another surge of Arctic air is set to arrive. In fact, this air will be the coldest the Northeast feels in years! At these forecast numbers, frostbite can set in as quickly as 5 or 10 minutes to any exposed skin. It's always helpful to remind yourself to cover up any exposed skin before you venture outside, especially if you have to work outside. Layers, layers, and more layers!</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/2-01_rne_wind chill alerts-1675282462153.jpg">Wind chill values will quickly sink beginning Thursday night, lasting at cold levels through Saturday night. Wind chills in Boston and Providence could reach as cold as -30°F. To the north, for places such as Littleton, New Hampshire, the wind chill could sink as cold as 50 below. The dangerous cold will create life-threatening wind chill values.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/2023-02-01 13-17-28-1675282697428.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>Layers, layers, layers! Cover up exposed skin. Especially if you're outside for a while. This will be some serious cold.</p>

Sub-Zero Temperatures Take Aim at the Northeast This Weekend

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Taban Sharifi grew up in Southern California between Los Angeles and San Diego. She is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) with the American Meteorological Society (AMS). She has a B.S. in Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Environmental Sciences with a minor in Environmental Systems and Society from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Go Bruins! While in school, Taban was a meteorology intern with NBC LA. There she helped forecast daily weather for the greater Los Angeles region and created a playbook to deploy weather sensors for NBC owned-and-operated stations across the country. Her first on-air job took her to San Angelo, Texas, where she was a morning meteorologist and co-anchor. Working in West Texas gave her knowledge and experience covering severe storms. From there, she moved to Palm Springs, California. People think forecasting in California is sunshine all the time, but with temperatures in the 120’s, wildfires, damaging winds, floodings, and earthquakes, the forecasting kept her very busy! She also worked there as a general assignment reporter and told community stories. Taban is excited for the challenge and opportunity to forecast nationally with WeatherNation. She also looks forward to exploring all that Colorado has to offer!

Taban Sharifi

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<p>There has been a quieter streak across the Pacific Northwest but more active weather is expected to return later this week. From the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, heavy snowfall will be possible beginning on Friday. Closer to the coast, heavy rainfall will be possible in Southern Oregon through Northern California on Sunday.</p><h2>Outlooks</h2><p>The Weather Prediction Center has highlighted the risk of heavy snowfall in the Cascades on Friday as this first front pushes through. Our more potent wave of energy arrives Friday night and looks to continue into Sunday. Snow will first impact the Cascades on Friday before dropping into the Sierra Nevada Saturday and Sunday.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/01/pnw snowfall-1675200665396.JPG"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/01/cali weekend-1675200651869.JPG"></p><h2>Forecast</h2><p>By Thursday evening, the system will be moving in from the Pacific bringing with it heavy rain along the Oregon coastline and high-elevation snowfall. This is just the appetizer for what is to come later in the period, on Friday night. Still, we could see accumulating snow and locally difficult travel over high mountain passes Thursday evening and Friday morning. There will be a lull in the activity through midday before more moisture pushes onshore. Heavy rainfall will be seen for mountain valleys and along the coastline.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/nw saturday bams-1675261858277.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>Snow accumulations will be on the order of feet into the highest elevations of the Sierra Nevada and Cascades. While we will see more meaningful snow, it comes over the period of a few days. Travel will be impacted at times in the high country.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/snowfal potential-1675262429487.JPG">Expect temperatures for Seattle, WA to remain in the upper 40s and low 50s while inland communities drop to the 30s and 40s this weekend. It won't be nearly as chilly compared to our past weekend! More details can be found :50 past the hour on WeatherNation!</p>

Active Weather Returns to the Northwest

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Kara has always been passionate about weather and knew from an early age that she wanted to become a meteorologist. Living in different regions of the country and experiencing weather events ranging from ice storms to tornadoes drove her to pursue a bachelor's degree in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma. Throughout college, storm chasing became a regular event for Kara, where she saw first-hand the power of the atmosphere. Kara graduated cum laude from OU and decided to further her meteorology education with a Master's degree from Mississippi State University. The deadly April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak struck while Kara was studying at MSU; her first “Dixie Alley” tornado event and an up close glimpse into the destruction of the storms she so closely studied. Her broadcast career began in Elvis’ birthplace, Tupelo, Mississippi, where she earned her Certified Broadcast Meteorologist seal from the American Meteorological Society. Kara's career has included coverage of all types of severe weather including tornado events, flooding and tropical systems across multiple southern states. Recently she helped cover the 2020 Easter Sunday deadly tornado outbreak in southeast Mississippi. In her free time, you can find Kara outdoors exploring new areas with her mini poodle,Truffles. Kara is also an avid runner and frequently races in 5Ks, 10Ks and half marathons. Say hi to Kara on <a href="https://twitter.com/wxkara">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/karajameswx">Facebook</a>!

Kara James

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The mountains of California are experiencing another helping of snow in the final days of January, capping off a record stretch of wet weather between the months of December 2022 and January 2023. Winter weather alerts are in effect northeast of Los Angeles, as well as east of San Diego, CA as we head into Tuesday morning for heavy snow and strong wind (ABOVE). Additional winter alerts remain in place through early Tuesday for Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and Nevada. Accumulations will be 6-10" storm total for many of the Southwest mountains!

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Most of our snow ends overnight with just a few pockets of snow showers through the High Country of Arizona, northern New Mexico, and SW Colorado. An additional couple of inches of snowfall are anticipated here.

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The other factor impacting the Southwest is brutally cold conditions. The Plains of Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming will get down below 0 again overnight. In California, widespread frost and freeze alerts are in effect across the area for Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Overnight lows will be in the 20s, which could impact crops.

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As always, travel safely to your favorite winter destination in the Southwest. Have proper traction and allow extra time to travel. If you feel unsafe driving, stay home!

Winter Storm Warnings Issued Outside of LA, San Diego

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Karissa is the Director of On-Air Operations at WeatherNation. Karissa grew up loving math and science, but really fell in love with Meteorology while attending the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. After two summers of storm chasing in the central plains, she knew that it was the career path for her. Standing in front of a thunderstorm and feeling the cool outflow knock her over was an experience she will never forget. After two years at COD, she transferred to Metropolitan State University of Denver. Karissa graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Science in Meteorology. Her high school and college speech and meteorology professors were extremely supportive and pushed her to succeed. Before joining the WeatherNation team, she previously worked as the Morning Meteorologist at KCAU-TV in Sioux City, Iowa and at WMBD-TV in Peoria, IL. She recently was part of a National Edward R. Murrow award winning team for breaking news for their coverage of the EF-4 tornado in Washington, Illinois. In her free time, Karissa enjoys cooking and trying new foods. She is a self proclaimed 'TV Junkie' who can get into just about any show. She is a die hard Chicago sports fan who loves attending professional sporting events.

Karissa Klos

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At WeatherNation, we're committed to educating and informing our viewers of all of the threats severe weather can bring. On March 1, the <a href="https://www.weather.gov/wrn/spring-safety">National Weather Service</a> initiates their campaign to prepare us for <strong>all</strong> of the hazards the Spring season can bring. Severe storms can happen anywhere in the U.S. at any time. Each day through the first week of March, we'll highlight different aspects of hazardous severe thunderstorms and what you need to know to stay safe.

In case you missed it, we covered <a href="https://bit.ly/33YFdYG">Tornado safety on Tuesday</a>, and the <a href="https://bit.ly/3K2Dkth">threats from Wind and Hail yesterday</a>.
<h1><em>THUNDERSTORMS</em></h1>
Whether general or severe, thunderstorms can pose a threat to life and property. We are highlighting all facets of this powerful spring phenomenon.

Thunderstorms can manifest in several different ways. Let's take a look at a few of the most common types.

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What qualifies a thunderstorm as severe? Meteorologist Lucy Bergemann breaks down severe thunderstorm threats and how the National Weather Service categorizes them in their alerts.

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When severe weather threatens, it's important to understand the different alerts. Meteorologist Steve Glazier breaks down the difference between a WATCH and a WARNING.

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When severe weather strikes, it's important to be prepared. John Van Pelt helps get you ready.

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John Van Pelt walks us through the basics of lightning safety while debunking some common lightning myths along the way.

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Now that we know how to protect ourselves from lightning, lets dig into how it forms.

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Think lightning won't strike the same place twice? Think again! Meteorologist Rob Bradley sets the record straight on misconceptions about lightning.

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