Winter Storm hits Mid West Pretty Hard but leaves us with less than expected total accumulations.
Many forecasters were predicting around 1-3 inches of snow and sleet accumulations for the Lowell area Sunday night into today; but in the end we received mostly small traces of freezing rain and ice throughout the area. Many New Englanders were busy scraping the ice off of their cars this morning; but luckily ice accumulations were less than colossal.
In contrast the state of Oklahoma has declared a state of emergency. Many areas in the mid western United States, Oklahoma included, are left without power due to an inch of ice which has coated power lines across the highly affected area. The storm is also to blame for 13 deaths in the mid west- mostly due to interstate collisions caused by the thick layer of ice covering roads. The storm took the life of a homeless person in Oklahoma City... the cause of death was hypothermia- medical officials evaluated. Some schools remained closed for the day; and many others had morning delays.
Looking ahead into our week... we could be seeing some more freezing rain late Tuesday or Tuesday night. We've also got our eye on another winter storm system that could approach us by Wednesday night lasting into Thursday night. This storm, as of now, looks as though it will mostly consist of rain on Wednesday looking at the image above- perhaps a significant amount, but we will keep you posted on how things change. A large amount of snow is also expected for Thursday.
THE FORECAST!
Tonight's forecast: we'll see a low around 18 degrees tonight under mostly cloudy skies becoming partly cloudy around midnight.
Tuesday: High around 37; partly sunny then becoming cloudy with a chance of freezing rain/ light rain. Low around 20
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain shower in the morning. High of 41. Becoming sunny in the afternoon with winds between 10-20 mph with 30 mph gusts. Mostly clear Wednesday night with a low of 33. It is uncertain whether the bulk of the winter storm will start Wednesday night equaling more freezing rain/rain accumulations than snow or Thursday which could bring us more snow.
Thursday: Partly sunny. Chance for snow is expected. Much colder with a high around 29. Snow continuing through the night... low around 16.
Friday: High around 37 under mostly cloudy skies. another chance for snow showers. Low around 26.
Saturday: High of 27. Partly sunny becoming mostly cloudy Saturday night. We could see some more light snow. Low around 20.
For WUML this is UMASS Lowell student meteorologist Lucie Rawlins
In contrast the state of Oklahoma has declared a state of emergency. Many areas in the mid western United States, Oklahoma included, are left without power due to an inch of ice which has coated power lines across the highly affected area. The storm is also to blame for 13 deaths in the mid west- mostly due to interstate collisions caused by the thick layer of ice covering roads. The storm took the life of a homeless person in Oklahoma City... the cause of death was hypothermia- medical officials evaluated. Some schools remained closed for the day; and many others had morning delays.
Looking ahead into our week... we could be seeing some more freezing rain late Tuesday or Tuesday night. We've also got our eye on another winter storm system that could approach us by Wednesday night lasting into Thursday night. This storm, as of now, looks as though it will mostly consist of rain on Wednesday looking at the image above- perhaps a significant amount, but we will keep you posted on how things change. A large amount of snow is also expected for Thursday.
THE FORECAST!
Tonight's forecast: we'll see a low around 18 degrees tonight under mostly cloudy skies becoming partly cloudy around midnight.
Tuesday: High around 37; partly sunny then becoming cloudy with a chance of freezing rain/ light rain. Low around 20
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain shower in the morning. High of 41. Becoming sunny in the afternoon with winds between 10-20 mph with 30 mph gusts. Mostly clear Wednesday night with a low of 33. It is uncertain whether the bulk of the winter storm will start Wednesday night equaling more freezing rain/rain accumulations than snow or Thursday which could bring us more snow.
Thursday: Partly sunny. Chance for snow is expected. Much colder with a high around 29. Snow continuing through the night... low around 16.
Friday: High around 37 under mostly cloudy skies. another chance for snow showers. Low around 26.
Saturday: High of 27. Partly sunny becoming mostly cloudy Saturday night. We could see some more light snow. Low around 20.
For WUML this is UMASS Lowell student meteorologist Lucie Rawlins
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