March megastorm: Blizzard, severe storms, dangerous winds to threaten nearly 200 million

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Well, a powerful storm will rapidly intensify and expand across the central US from Sunday

into Monday, bringing widespread disruptions for millions of folks.

Blizzard conditions and high winds are expected in parts of the upper Midwest, while strong

thunderstorms heavy rain and gusty winds affect areas further south and to the east.

The storm will rank among the top impactful US weather events of the year so far.

At some point during the storm's evolution, its wind, rain, thunderstorms, snow or cold

air could impact areas home to nearly 200 million people across the central and eastern

US.

AccuWeather meteorologists are saying that this storm has the potential to become a bomb cyclone,

which occurs when central pressure drops at least 7100s of an inch of mercury in 24 hours

or less.

This rapid strengthening would generate an expansive and intense wind field, drawing in significant

Pacific moisture and then tap gulf and Atlantic moisture as it advances across the central

and the northeastern states.

The storm's expansive winds may affect dozens of states.

Power outages could reach the hundreds of thousands to millions coming just days after

a powerful wind storm swept from the Rock East to the northeast.

Lake delays and cancellations from Sunday through Monday night could climb into the thousands.

Major hubs including Denver, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, New York City, Philadelphia,

Boston, DC and Charlotte may be affected along with numerous connecting airports in between.

AccuWeather's burning rain nose said that travel is likely to be especially hazardous on

Monday, as snow, strong winds and bitter cold combined to produce blizzard-like conditions

across northern portions of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes region.

Actual temperatures may be no better than the teens and single digits in much of this

area, with AccuWeather real-field temperatures near or below zero for a time.

A large swath of heavy snow is anticipated with this storm by AccuWeather's team of meteorologists.

Blizzard conditions are possible in portions of Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Northern Illinois

and Southeastern Minnesota.

Enough snow to shovel and plow will extend from parts of the Dakotas to Northern Michigan.

Within this zone from one to three feet of snow is forecast to pile up from near Minneapolis

and Green Bay to Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Rain and a wintry mix will change to some snow in Southern Michigan and around Chicago.

A powerful cold front with arctic air in its wake will advance eastward through the Mississippi,

Ohio and Tennessee Valley's Sunday into Sunday night, reaching the Appalachians and

the Atlantic Seaboard Monday into Monday evening.

Now, temperatures will surge to April and May-like levels ahead of the front on south

to southeast breezes.

As moisture is headed from the Gulf and Atlantic areas, showers will break out ahead of the

front from Sunday into Monday near the Gulf and farther to the east.

A squall line of thunderstorms, some of which are forecast to be severe with damaging

winds, torrential downpours and hail, expected along the arctic front as it advances eastward

from Sunday into Monday.

Tornados are also a concern.

The scope and intensity of severe thunderstorms may continue to increase as acuether meteorologists

analyze data and monitor the severe weather threat.

The effects of the storm from Saturday night to Monday night will be preceded by a potent

clipper storm that will travel along the northern tier of the Midwest and the northeast

into Friday night.

That storm will pack a punch with heavy snow and even blizzard conditions across the

northern tier along with far reaching strong winds from the Rockies to the Atlantic coast.

Tens of millions of people in the east woke up on Thursday morning to temperatures 25

to 50 degrees lower than those recorded on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons asked the

first front erased those may like warm temps up to a few inches of wet snow covered non-paved

surfaces and parts of the mid-Atlantic and southern New England states on Thursday.

A second front will slice south eastward in the wake of the clipper storm and will briefly

knock down temperatures once again in the Midwest and the northeast.

But its effects will be short term and overridden by the upcoming massive storm from later

this weekend in the next week.

Arctic air will sweep through much of the plains and Mississippi Valley from late Sunday into

Sunday evening reaching the Appalachians later Monday behind the storm's cold front.

The cold air may lose some of its impact east of the Appalachians but many areas along

the Atlantic seaboard will still feel some of the lowest temperatures in weeks from Tuesday

through Thursday.

Are you possibly looking for a little warmth during that period?

Then you should head west.

While the massive Midwest storm triggers the renewed blast of winter across the central

and eastern parts of the U.S., record warmth will continue building across the southwest

following much of the region's warmest winters on record.

That's all for now.

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Enjoy the rest of your weekend, be weather aware and I will be back on Monday with more

from Acuether.