A powerful storm monitoring by the Southeast will intensify off the East Coast this weekend amid brutal cold. This bomb cyclone will convey heavy snow and robust winds to components of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic because it tracks north.
The storm is anticipated to convey wind up the Atlantic shoreline, however its worst situations will likely be in North Carolina, South Carolina and southern Virginia.
More than 27 million individuals on the East Coast are underneath winter storm warnings. Alerts for frigid chilly are additionally in impact as far south as South Florida.
Unlike final weekend’s storm, this one gained’t threaten ice, too — simply heavy snow.
The most widespread accumulating snow is anticipated from southern Virginia and the Carolinas to components of Georgia.
The bomb cyclone will even ship sturdy winds to the coast. The mixture of gusty winds and snow can rapidly trigger whiteouts.
Powerful winds will even whip up very tough surf and set off coastal flooding. They will even make the chilly air really feel that a lot worse.
Wind chills or “feels like” temperatures — how chilly the air truly feels to your physique — will crash nicely under freezing for almost each location impacted by the storm.
It will likely be harmful to be exterior for prolonged durations of time or to be with out energy on this chilly.
Power outages nonetheless stay in the South following the catastrophic ice impacts of final weekend’s storm.
Any new outages from this storm are most definitely to occur in areas close to the coast.