Overview
- Blizzard warnings are active from the Upper Midwest into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where forecasters cite whiteouts and locally 1 to 2 feet of snow with gusts up to 60 mph.
- High wind warnings and watches stretch across the Great Lakes into parts of the Northeast, with gusts frequently 45 to 60 mph and a risk of downed trees and power outages.
- Freezing rain advisories cover portions of New England and the interior Northeast, with ice accretion up to roughly 0.2 to 0.5 inches in spots and hazardous travel possible.
- Air travel is already snarled, with FlightAware reporting more than 6,000 U.S. delays and hundreds of cancellations Sunday as the storm sweeps east.
- Rapid temperature drops behind a powerful cold front will flip rain to snow, trigger flash-freeze conditions in places, and set up lake-effect bands into Tuesday.