US Weather Update: Damaging Winds, Tornadoes Seen Over Central, Eastern Part

Damaging winds and strong tornadoes are forecasted over the central and eastern part of the United States due to severe weather.

Severe Weather Outbreak

Weather experts said that the multiple-day severe weather outbreak, including tornadoes, would continue to build from portions of the Great Plains to large parts of the Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee valleys.

This weather condition could be felt on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

The National Weather Service (NWS) said that a pair of cold fronts pushing through the eastern US today and overnight would bring some chillier temperatures from the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys to the Northeast on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the highs will also be encountered in the Interior Northeast and the northern New England as well as in the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys east through the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England.

While not quite as cold, temperatures will also be below average for the Southeast, with highs ranging from the 50s in the Carolinas to the 60s near the Gulf Coast and low 70s into Florida.

Further, temperatures will rebound on Sunday, particularly for the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys as highs reach into the 50s and 60s.

Meteorologists said that a mix of light rain and snow shower will pass from the Great Lakes through the Ohio Valley overnight Friday and into the southern and central Appalachians and Carolinas during Saturday.

On the other hand, most of the central and western US will be dry with mild and above average high temperatures.

The greatest anomalies will be over the Plains on Saturday, spreading into the Middle Mississippi Valley Sunday, where highs 15-25 degrees above average will feel more like early spring than winter.

Forecast highs Saturday-Sunday will range from the 40s and 50s for the Northern Plains, 60s and 70s for the Central Plains, and 70s and 80s for the Southern Plains. Highs in the 60s and 70s will come to the Middle Mississippi Valley on Sunday.

Parts of the western portion of Texas may see highs into the mid- to upper 80s Sunday. While not quite as anomalous, the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes will also see highs above average, with 30s and 40s expected.

The warmer weather this weekend will only be a preview of even more anomalous temperatures heading into next week.

Travel Interruptions

Due to the bad weather, there will be risk of flight delays and cancellations next week in the progressively larger cities.

The storm will also create dangerous conditions as they cross highways, so motorists and travelers should be cautious and on alert.

In the West, highs will range from the 40s and 50s for the Pacific Northwest/northern Great Basin, 50s and 60s for northern California and the central Great Basin, 60s and 70s for central/southern California, and 70s and 80s for the Desert Southwest.

The increasing moisture and northwesterly flow over the Pacific Northwest and the Northern Rockies will bring increasing precipitation chances on Saturday.

Some light to moderate higher elevation snow showers are forecasted for the Olympics, northern Cascades, and portions of the Northern Rockies.

More widespread, heavier precipitation will begin to pick up by late on Sunday ahead of an approaching stronger upper-level trough. Further, heavy snow will continue into early next week beyond the current forecast period for the Cascades and Northern Rockies.

Due to this, Winter Storm Watches have been effect in the abovementioned areas.