Places You Don’t Want to Be

I recommend that you don’t try to go to any of these places. I don’t believe I’ve seen so many counties in the USA under some kind of Winter Weather Advisory or Warning.

For example, all of New Mexico, the north half of Texas, every county in Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Mass., New York, Rhode Island Connecticut and Vermont are included. Many other states have part of their counties under advisories or warnings. (These are the areas you should not try to go to and this is only a partial  list.)

AMARILLO: 
The NWS in Amarillo has forecast responsibility for both the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles.. For tonight through Tuesday morning, as much as 3 to  6 inches of snow will accumulate. It will be heavier in some places with as much as 4 to 8 inches and even some amounts as much as 15 inches. The wind will be strong resulting in blowing snow and drifting snow. It will be bitter cold with the wind chill as low as 25 below zero tonight and as low as 35 below Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Winds will gust to 40 mph.  The low tonight across the Panhandle 2 below zero and high 7 above. This includes the city of Amarillo.

OKLAHOMA CITY AND TULSA:
  A Winter Storm Warning tonight which also includes three counties in adjacent Arkansas. It involves sleet and freezing rain tonight along with some moderate to heavy snow. Sleet and heavy snow will continue Tuesday with 3 to 5 inches of snow plus 1/4 inch of ice and an additional 1 inch of sleet. Near blizzard conditions by Tuesday along with a dangerous wind chill. Travel may become impossible at times with near whiteout conditions. Power outages are likely.

ST. LOUIS:
  A Winter Storm Warning already in effect and going all the way until noon Wednesday. 1/2 inch of freezing drizzle and snow mixed with sleet will accumulate today. High near 25. About 1 inch of additional snow tonight. The weather will become a lot worse Tuesday with strong winds, snow, blowing snow, and drifting snow. An additional 9 to 10 inches of snow accumulating Tuesday. Visibility will drop to less than 1/4 mile at times. NE wind will gust to 40 mph. Heavy snow continues Tuesday night with additional accumulations and wind gusts to 45 mph. The low temperature near 11. Bitter cold Wednesday with some morning snow, blowing snow and drifting snow. The wind will still be gusting to 40 mph with a wind chill as low as 10 below zero. Expect a low temperature Wednesday night (not wind chill) of 10 below zero. At mid morning today, freezing rain was already glazing surfaces in Boone County, Missouri.

CHICAGO:
The NWS warns of a potentially life-threatening storm approaching blizzard conditions Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon. The heaviest for Chicago will be Tuesday evening and continuing all night. During that time,  the wind will gust to 40 mph with near blizzard conditions continuing Tuesday night. From Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon, snow will accumulate over 1 foot, but up to 18 inches near Lake Michigan. White out conditions Tuesday  night when the snow will fall at a rate of 2 to 3 inches per hour at least. Some thunderstorms may be in the mix. (Yes, thundersnow! Remember the “Blizzard of ’93 in Birmingham?) Travel will likely become virtually impossible Tuesday night and early Wedesday. The snow is expected so heavy at times that snow plows will be unable to catch up. Many side streets will become impassable.  The high temperature on Wednesday should be 25 with several more inches of addtional snow. The coldest temperature for Chicago  in all of this is forecast to be between 2 below zero and 2 above Wednesday night.

SUMMIT, GREENLAND:
It is now 55 degrees below zero. A low of 65 below is expected tonight with a wind chill of 92 below.

MT. WASHINGTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE:
Present temperature 13 below with a wind chill of 51 below and NW wind gusting to 64 mph.

AUSTRALIA:
A strong tropical cyclone was moving toward Australia’s flood-ravaged northeast. Officials have warned that this one could be the worst the region has ever seen. Sustained winds had already reached 115 mph. It  is expected to hit the Queensland State coast on Wednesday or Thursday as a fierce storm with gusts up to 162 mph. It is possible that it could dump up to 3 feet of rain on some communities already saturated from months of flooding. This one is expected to hit Queensland just days following another tropical storm. Queensland has already suffered from months of flooding since heavy rain started back in November. The flood waters have killed 35 people and 30,000 homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. Brisbane, the country’s third largest city, was underwater for days.

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