Maps show New Year's weather forecasts, with more snow and rain on the way

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Americans successful galore parts of the state volition statesman 2026 amid frosty temperatures, dense snowfall oregon perchance aggravated rainfall, depending connected wherever they live.

Weather forecasts for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day amusement different bout of water effect snowfall hitting the Great Lakes and parts of the Northeast, aft a powerful wintertime tempest system brought heaps of snowfall and precocious winds to some regions, arsenic good arsenic parts of the Midwest, successful the days since Christmas. Meanwhile, bedewed upwind is moving into California to people the New Year and volition caput toward the Northwest aboriginal this week.

It volition beryllium frigid crossed the North and the East, meteorologists say, with temperatures expected to beryllium 10 oregon 20 degrees beneath the mean for this clip of twelvemonth successful those regions. In the West, things volition beryllium warmer than average, with temperatures betwixt 15 and 25 higher than average.

Lake effect snow

Lake effect snowfall continues to heap up Wednesday successful areas downwind of the Great Lakes, with parts of occidental New York and Michigan's Upper Peninsula seeing the highest totals. And much is connected its way: Some locations could person betwixt 1 and 3 feet of snowfall by New Year's Day, including places that person already been pummeled by recent wintertime storms that brought arsenic overmuch arsenic 2 feet of snowfall successful the past 48 hours.

The National Weather Service has issued lake effect snowfall warnings for a fig of towns and cities successful bluish Ohio, upstate New York and occidental Pennsylvania, which are acceptable to stay successful effect done Thursday. The agency's upwind forecast bureau successful Albany warned that conditions could impede travel, particularly due to the fact that they whitethorn alteration unexpectedly.

"During water effect snow, the upwind tin alteration from bands of locally dense snowfall to adust upwind conscionable a fewer miles away. Visibilities tin besides alteration greatly," the NWS Albany bureau wrote successful a connection accompanying its latest warning. "Be prepared for accelerated changes successful weather, visibility, and roadworthy conditions."

Cold beforehand approaches East Coast

Colder aerial is settling successful crossed the East Coast, arsenic the country braces for yet different acold beforehand that is expected to determination done successful the coming days, CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan said.

In New York City, revelers who are expected to stitchery successful droves to ticker the yearly shot drop successful Times Square volition apt acquisition the chilliest lawsuit successful 8 years, said CBS New York meteorologist Matthew DeLucia. Temperatures are forecast to hover conscionable supra freezing, with cooler upwind chills, and flurries oregon a snowfall ablution could materialize adjacent to midnight.

Other cities on the I-95 corridor, similar Boston, could spot akin conditions arsenic they ringing successful 2026. As New Year's Day arrives, a burst of heavier snowfall is imaginable successful the Boston country and crossed southeastern Massachusetts, CBS News Boston reported.

Western storms

The southwestern United States is presently experiencing a spell of rain, which volition determination northward implicit the adjacent mates of days and bring snowfall to the Sierra Nevada, said Nolan.

Much of Southern California volition get dense rainfall starting connected the greeting of New Year's Day, according to the National Weather Service, which said determination is simply a "slight hazard of excessive rainfall" for portions of that region.

Major cities similar Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Sacramento could beryllium affected, arsenic good arsenic Phoenix, Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada.

The upwind work has besides issued flood watches for parts of Southern California, which volition stay effectual done the evening connected New Year's Day.

In the Los Angeles area, this tempest is expected to bring arsenic overmuch arsenic 1 inch of rainfall per hr astatine its peak, which should statesman astatine astir 10 p.m. PT connected New Year's Eve, CBS News Los Angeles reported. Most inland and coastal places successful that country could spot up to 2 inches of rainfall accumulate betwixt Wednesday greeting and Thursday night, with much expected successful the mountains, according to the station.

Nikki Nolan contributed to this report.