Overview
- The National Weather Service maintains winter-storm and high-wind warnings across the interior West, with local mountain totals near 1–2 feet and travel described as dangerous or impossible in places.
- About 31 million people are under wind alerts and roughly 8 million are under flood watches, as saturated parts of the Pacific Northwest and Northern California face another 2–8 inches of rain.
- The system pushes through the Great Lakes and Midwest on Thursday with 40–50+ mph gusts, a rain-to-snow transition, plunging temperatures and flash-freeze risks for roads.
- New England is set for heavy rain and damaging gusts on Friday, including 50–60 mph along the coast and Cape Cod, with localized street flooding possible from downpours and rapid snowmelt.
- Forecasters caution that strong winds could down trees and cut power, with some mountain corridors still seeing peak gusts in the 60–80 mph range and isolated higher bursts.