Arctic blast grips the northern Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes
An Arctic blast gripped the northern Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes on Saturday, with millions of Americans under freeze warnings.
An Arctic blast gripped the northern Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes on Saturday, with millions of Americans under freeze warnings.
More than 17 million people were cautioned Saturday under National Weather Service winter alerts, including 3.6 million under lake-effect snow warnings, 4.5 million under freeze warnings, 8.5 million under winter weather advisories, and 1 million under frost advisories.
Affected areas included the Great Lakes and the Central Plains to the Appalachians, with many of those freeze warnings focused on the Southeast.
The National Weather Service warned that the Arctic airmass is delivering the coldest temperatures since last winter. Wind chills in the northern Plains and upper Midwest are expected to plunge below zero Saturday morning. Parts of North Dakota could experience wind chills as low as minus 30 to 40 degrees, according to the agency.
Lake-effect snow falls in Lowville, N.Y., on Friday night.Cara Anna / APThe icy airmass was also helping to produce serious and travel-thwarting lake-effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes in northeast Ohio, far northwest Pennsylvania, western New York, and portions of northwest New York, federal forecasters said.
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