Video: Wild winter weather forecast to continue across many areas
NBC News meteorologist Angie Lassman tells "Early Today" what the weather has in store, where rain will lash the East and snow will blanket the Midwest.
Oregon bracing for snowy, windy cold snap
Oregon is bracing for a cold snap with heavy snow forecast in the Cascades today, according to the weather service.
Tomorrow, snow will linger in the mountains and the area in addition to the Columbia River Gorge and the Portland and Vancouver areas are expected to be hit with snow and gusty winds.
There's also the potential for blizzard conditions in the gorge, the weather service said.
Iowa State Patrol: This winter weather is life-threatening
Iowa’s statewide law enforcement agency warned residents that the winter weather hitting the Hawkeye State can be deadly.
“In the interest of YOUR safety AND those working the roads, we STRONGLY advise everyone to refrain from ANY non-essential travel,” the Iowa State Highway Patrol said on X yesterday, calling it a “life-threatening winter weather alert.”
As much as 11 inches of snow may have fallen by 10 a.m. today, and then through tomorrow morning there will be blizzard conditions, it said. Tomorrow through Tuesday will have life-threatening cold with wind chills of as low as minus 45 degrees.
Just after midnight into this morning, blizzard warnings covered most of Iowa, where the Iowa caucuses are set to start Monday.
More than 6 inches of snow is forecast to fall in the Milwaukee area today through tomorrow, the weather service said. Chicago is expected to get the coldest temperatures of the season starting Sunday, with wind chills of minus 30 at times, the weather service there said.
GOP candidates unworried about Iowa turnout as they face record cold caucus temperatures
DES MOINES, Iowa — Temperatures for the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses Monday are set to be the coldest in the contest’s modern history, with a forecast high temperature of around zero degrees in Des Moines, according to the weather service.
But Republican presidential candidates aren’t worried, uniformly saying they think their supporters are uniquely motivated to come out and vote the night of Jan. 15. And state party leaders also don’t think the frigid temperatures will affect the turnout.
Iowa Republican Party Chair Jeff Kaufmann said this week that barring severe weather, he doesn’t think the cold temperatures alone will drive caucusgoers away in large numbers.
New York residents urged to prepare for wind, rain and snow
The National Weather Service office in Buffalo has warned of a triple threat of wind, rain and snow.
Temperatures will be a chilly 30-40 degrees Fahrenheit, far higher than in other parts of the country further west, but a high winds watch starts across the state from today.
"Taking it one day at a time, tomorrow will be fair, a good day to prepare outside before the winds ramp up tomorrow night, with these winds remaining very strong through Saturday," the weather service said.
A number of cities may set records for coldest temperatures
A number of U.S. cities could set new daily cold records as temperatures across the country plummet into the weekend and early next week.
More than 60 cities might experience their coldest daily temperatures Monday and Tuesday morning, including the Texas cities of Austin, Dallas and Houston, as well as Little Rock, Arkansas; Jackson, Mississippi; and Memphis, Tennessee.
Below-freezing temps expected to linger in Kansas City making for frigid Chiefs tailgate
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The snow piles from early in the week haven’t had a chance to melt yet, but neighbors better get used to ‘em.
Forecasters are calling for more snow today, but that’s only part of the brutal weather that awaits. Temps aren’t expected to climb above freezing for at least five days.
It isn’t just freezing temps we’re talking about; it’s record-setting, subzero lows that send a chill up your spine just from looking at the forecast. It’s the kind of extreme weather that calls for a sweater — and a coat — for little dogs that have to go outside.
But the weather isn’t the only thing that folks here are talking about: The Chiefs and their playoff hopes come up plenty, too. Never mind that it isn’t Patrick Mahomes or Chris Jones they’re talking about, it’s the frigid temps and what that means for barbecue tailgates outside Arrowhead.
The game kicks off at 7 p.m. tomorrow local time against the Miami Dolphins in minus 6 conditions (and that’s before you factor in the wind, then it will feel like minus 20). It could be the coldest home playoff game in the Chiefs’ history.
In temps that extreme, it's not clear that the team from the Heartland has a weather advantage over the Dolphins.
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Severe weather risk continues today across the country
An intense winter storm that hit the western United States last night is set to continue spreading into the Plains and the Midwest today, where it will strengthen considerably.
The storm will usher in the coldest air of the season to the northern Rockies, the Plains and the Midwest.
Blizzard conditions are possible today in cities including St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Des Moines, Iowa; and Green Bay, Wisconsin.
In the South, a severe weather outbreak is possible from Mississippi to North Carolina with chances of strong tornadoes and wind gusts more than 75 mph.
By late tonight, heavy rain and wind will arrive in the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast.