National Weather Service Expects Crazy Week in Midwest
Winter this year is going to end not with a whimper, but with a bang, as the National Weather Service (NWS) expects this week to have tumultuous weather conditions in the midwest. Truckers beware!
Details
The NWS is predicting that for the rest of the week the northern midwest, including states such as Iowa and South Dakota, are going to be experiencing heavy snow and winds.
Here is a direct statement from the NWS:
“An axis of heavy snow will also expand eastward across the Northern Plains and into the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes and Interior Northeast/New England Tuesday-Wednesday as a strong low pressure system organizes in the lee of the Rockies and moves northeastward across the Plains/Midwest. Some locations across the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes will have only a very brief reprieve from a clipper system exiting the region before this next round of heavy snow moves in. There is a high probability of snow totals over 8″ front South Dakota eastward through southern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula/northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Locally higher totals of 1-2 feet are possible, particularly across southern Minnesota. Heavy snow rates of 1-2″ per hour and gusty winds producing areas of blowing snow will lead to treacherous, potentially impossible travel conditions and possible power outages. Heavier snow totals of 8-12″ are also likely for higher elevations in the Interior Northeast including the Adirondacks and the Green and White Mountains, with lighter accumulations of around 2-4 inches at lower elevations across Upstate New York and central New England. A heavy wintry mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain is expected along the southern end of the snow axis across the Upper Mississippi Valley and into the Lower Great Lakes. Ice accumulations of 0.1-0.25″, locally higher, are possible.”
Beyond that, the NWS predicts that in the northern midwest there will be “very strong, gusty winds of 50-60 mph, locally as high as 80 mph.”
Conclusion
We heavily advise truckers that are traveling across the country this week to take the long way around, going south into states such as Kansas, Oklahoma, or Texas in order to avoid the tumultuous weather. At the very least, there is likely to be heavy traffic in the northern states due to the intense hazards, and at the worst, your truck can topple over from hurricane-level winds and you may be stranded out in the cold!
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