Overview
- Wind chills are dropping below zero Monday and Tuesday across wide swaths of the Midwest and Northeast, with readings of 15 to 20 below in some areas.
- The National Weather Service and local offices have issued Winter Weather and Cold Weather advisories, including across southeast Michigan, northern Ohio and the Chicago area.
- Most locations are seeing 1–3 inches of snow, with 3–5 along parts of coastal New England and a lake-effect zone east of Cleveland that could top 6 inches depending on band placement.
- Gusts of 30–45 mph are causing blowing and drifting snow, snow squalls and sharply reduced visibility, and the extreme cold is limiting road salt effectiveness and fostering black ice.
- Holiday travel has been disrupted, with thousands of flight delays and hundreds of cancellations reported nationwide, and additional light snow is likely Wednesday as the active pattern persists.