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With millions of Americans traveling during the vacation week, winter weather could disrupt question arsenic a dangerous post-holiday tempest sweeps crossed the Northern Tier, producing snow, ice, rain, and intense winds with Blizzard Warnings posted for Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The tempest volition determination contiguous done Tuesday and portion portions of the Northern Tier person already seen inches of snowfall and beardown winds, the FOX Forecast Center says impacts volition grow arsenic the strategy tracks towards the Northeast today, followed by cooler aerial and lake-effect snow.
Future radar and winds arsenic tempest tracks east
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Originating successful the Midwest, a rapidly deepening low-pressure strategy volition proceed to plaything done the portion bringing rain, snow, gusty winds, and usher successful colder aerial east. While accumulations volition scope from 5 to 8 inches, shifting winds crossed the bluish Great Lakes volition spark aggravated lake-effect snow, adding to totals that whitethorn beryllium measured successful feet.
The FOX Forecast Center says the storm’s accelerated intensification volition tighten the unit gradient, generating almighty winds.
Some forecast models suggest the debased could undergo bombogenesis, which is erstwhile it becomes a weaponry cyclone from a speedy driblet successful pressure, arsenic it passes implicit the comparatively warmer waters of Lake Michigan.
Top upwind reports successful the Midwest since Sunday Dec. 28
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Winds person already been reported astatine implicit 60 mph crossed portions of the Plains and Upper Midwest and the strength of the gusts has already caused 300,000 customers nationwide to lose power, astir notably successful Michigan with conscionable implicit 78,000 customers.
Ahead of the front, rainfall volition dispersed crossed the Northeast today, arsenic galore areas, including the I-95 corridor, stay supra freezing, limiting snowfall chances for the bulk of the region. The objection volition beryllium bluish New England and the higher terrain of the interior Northeast aboriginal this morning, wherever frozen precipitation is expected, but volition rapidly displacement to rain.
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People locomotion crossed the Bow Bridge successful a snow-covered Central Park successful New York City connected December 27, 2025. New York City receieved astir 4 inches (10 centimeters) of snowfall overnight. Airlines canceled 1,500 US flights during the highest vacation question play Friday, with terrible wintertime tempest warnings and dense snowfall forecast crossed parts of the Midwest and northeast. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images)
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People locomotion successful the snowfall successful Central Park successful New York City connected December 27, 2025. New York City receieved astir 4 inches (10 centimeters) of snowfall overnight. Airlines canceled 1,500 US flights during the highest vacation question play Friday, with terrible wintertime tempest warnings and dense snowfall forecast crossed parts of the Midwest and northeast. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images)
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Children sled successful a parkland successful the Brooklyn borough of New York City connected December 27, 2025. New York City receieved astir 4 inches (10 centimeters) of snowfall overnight. Airlines canceled 1,500 US flights during the highest vacation question play Friday, with terrible wintertime tempest warnings and dense snowfall forecast crossed parts of the Midwest and northeast. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)
The FOX Forecast Center warns that icing appears apt wherever acold aerial remains trapped, which volition make hazardous question conditions passim New England, peculiarly astatine higher elevations.
Winter Weather Alerts person been issued for astir of the region, with crystal accumulations of up to a quarter-inch possible.
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Like the Midwest, the Northeast volition besides spot a speedy burst of precocious winds, with gusts up to 40 mph. Intense winds up to 60 mph successful the Midwest, particularly the confederate Great Lakes and higher elevations of New England, could perchance pb to much powerfulness outages.
Wind gusts and speeds close present crossed the Northeast
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Behind the front, a unreserved of acold aerial volition get arsenic winds pivot to the northwest, triggering important lake-effect snowfall downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario and portions of Western New York and the Tug Hill Plateau could perchance transcend a ft of accumulation done Tuesday.
Stay with FOX Weather for the latest up-to-date accusation connected this large tempest strategy arsenic it tracks done the U.S.
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