Overview
- Blizzard warnings are active across multiple states from the Dakotas through the Great Lakes, with ABC News reporting more than 40 million people under winter alerts.
- The Upper Peninsula of Michigan faces the most dangerous conditions, including a blizzard warning for Marquette and Alger counties from Sunday 7 p.m. to Monday 7 p.m. with 15–22 inches of snow and gusts up to 60 mph near Lake Superior.
- The National Weather Service warns travel could be very difficult to impossible with frequent whiteouts and advises restricting travel to emergencies only.
- Strong winds coupled with heavy, wet snow may down trees and power lines, with wind gusts up to 60 mph forecast for parts of Michigan and high wind alerts posted for Detroit and Cleveland.
- Farther east, freezing rain is possible from Pennsylvania to Maine, a Flood Watch is in effect for Buffalo and Jamestown for up to 1.5 inches of rain, and parts of western and upstate New York could see up to 2 feet of snow with gusts to 65 mph.