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A violent winter storm threatens blizzard conditions, hazardous travel and power outages in parts of the upper Midwest, while the rest of the country faces plunging temperatures, strong winds and a mix of snow, ice and rain on Monday.
Snow and strong winds began to sweep across the northern Plains on Sunday. National Weather Service Warning of whiteout conditions and possible blizzard conditions that may make travel impossible in some areas. Snowfall totals of more than a foot (30 centimeters) are expected in some upper parts great lakes There are twice that number along the south coast lake superior.
“One part of the storm system is getting heavy snow, while other parts of the storm along the cold front have stronger winds and cooler temperatures,” said Bob Oravek, chief forecaster with the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland. “They’re all connected — different parts of the country are going to be affected differently by this storm.”
The weather service warned of “dangerous wind chills” as low as minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 34.4 degrees Celsius) in 2019. north dakota and enter minnesota Sunday night through Monday.
In the South, meteorologists warned that severe thunderstorms could herald the arrival of a sharp cold front, bringing with it plummeting temperatures and strong northerly winds that could abruptly end days of record-breaking heat in the region.
The National Weather Service said the high temperature in Atlanta on Sunday was about 72 degrees Fahrenheit (about 22 degrees Celsius), continuing a warming trend after climbing to 78 degrees Fahrenheit (about 26 degrees Celsius) to break the city’s Christmas Eve record. There were many other record high temperatures in the South and Midwest in the days after Christmas.
But an incoming cold front is expected to bring rain to much of the South Sunday night into Monday, with temperatures expected to drop sharply on Tuesday. Forecasters say temperatures in Atlanta will drop to 25 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 3.9 degrees Celsius) by early Tuesday morning. Cold temperatures are expected to persist in the South through New Year’s Day.
In Dallas, temperatures Sunday are in the low 80s (low 20s C) and may dip into the low 40s (single digits C). In Little Rock, Sunday’s high temperature of around 70 degrees (21 degrees Celsius) is likely to drop to around 30 degrees on Monday.
“We’re definitely going back to a more wintery pattern,” Oravec said.
The storm is expected to intensify as it moves eastward, drawing energy from a dramatic clash between cold air over southern Canada and unusually warm air over the southern United States, according to the National Weather Service.
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Willingham reported from Concord, New Hampshire. Martin reported from Kennesaw, Georgia.