‘High impact’ Christmas week winter storm could lead to travel nightmare for millions of Americans

Just as millions of Americans start to travel over the river and thru the woods to grandmother’s home, there’s rising confidence {that a} important winter storm will develop later this week and influence a big swath of the nation, in accordance to the FOX Forecast Center.

“Our confidence is growing, and what that means is that there’s more agreement on the forecast data, so the significant winter storm becomes more likely,” FOX Weather meteorologist Amy Freeze stated. “The timing right now is that this could last into Christmas weekend. For some, it’s a nightmare. For others, this could be dreaming of a white Christmas come true.”

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Here’s what the FOX Forecast Center is aware of up to now a few important winter storm anticipated to influence a lot of the nation this week.

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With the storm nonetheless a number of days away, particulars stay extremely unsure due to a large unfold of potential eventualities depicted in forecast fashions — typical in forecasts this far upfront. Here is what the FOX Forecast Center is watching up to now.

“It’s a major winter storm, bringing rain, wind and snow and inflicting travel points,” Freeze stated. “But the heavy snow and strong wind, strong wind, I can’t emphasize that enough, can really disrupt the travel and maybe even take out some power.”

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Light to reasonable snow will first develop on Wednesday throughout the Northern Rockies and northern Plains forward of an arctic chilly entrance that will likely be charging south out of Canada, in accordance to the FOX Forecast Center.

That snow will then unfold south and east forward of a entrance Wednesday evening and can seemingly attain the central Plains and Upper Midwest on Thursday morning. 

That snow will likely be accompanied by robust winds, which could lead to some treacherous travel from Kansas to Wisconsin.

From there, the small print of this high-impact winter storm have gotten clearer.

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According to the FOX Forecast Center, fashions are coming into settlement that present a strong low strain system creating throughout the Midwest and Great Lakes.

Should this come to move, heavy snow and robust winds will slam an space that stretches from Oklahoma to the Great Lakes on Thursday evening, Friday and even presumably into Saturday.

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Along the Eastern Seaboard and into New England, heavy rain and probably damaging wind gusts could knock out energy to hundreds.

But there’s nonetheless an opportunity that the low strain system could wait to develop, which might convey the Southeast and Northeast into play for impactful snow, however as time passes this state of affairs is wanting much less seemingly, in accordance to the FOX Forecast Center.

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The backside line is: A extremely impactful winter storm is probably going towards the top of the week. Those residing or touring to and from the japanese third of the nation should pay shut consideration to the forecast because it turns into locked in over the approaching days. 

Stay with FOX Weather for frequent updates all through the weekend and subsequent week on this probably impactful storm.