More significant snow on the way, this time targetting central portions of the Mid West on Saturday, and into the western Great Lakes into Sunday. Through Saturday significant accumulations of snow will affect the Northern Rockies with 4-6″ of snow for parts of Wyoming through Saturday and later into the early hours of Sunday much of northern Kansas and southern Nebraska will be affected with significant snowfall with rates of 1-2″ per hour for 4 hours or more. Strong winds will be an issue with wind gusts up to 60mph in places leading to blizzard-like conditions (not an official blizzard), so the hazard of drifting snow is one to bear in mind in the areas mentioned.
Later on Sunday snow will intensify and become rather Heavy and Disruptive over the state of Iowa, here up to 10″ of snowfall is possible. The snow will continue it’s eastwards track on Sunday afternoon reaching north west Illinois, southern Wisconsin and northern mainland Michigan into the early hours of Monday. This is where snowfalls could become really quite heavy with totals up to 1 foot (12 inches) possible for parts of Michigan on Monday morning and also Iowa through Sunday. Along the I75 through Michigan, the far north west of Lake Huron and St Ste Marie up route 17 towards Lake Superior Provincal park, Ontario, this is where we could see totals of 12-14 inches potentially through Monday and into Tuesday.
Although most eastern states will see rain through Monday unlike last week’s intense winter storm, some higher and more upstate / northern regions of New York state, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine could see significant snowfall through Monday evening with 4-6″ in places, although near the coast it will fall as rain. This snow accumulation chart from PivotalWeather.com indicates where the worst conditions are likely to be, those deeper colors through parts of Ontario near Michigan and also eastern Iowa indicate accumulations of 8 inches or above. The less intense colors on some east coast regions indicate within the region of 2-4 inches of snowfall. Drifts in the snowfall areas could reach 4-6 feet in places meaning some rural communities could become cut off through Monday night in the risk areas. Keep an eye on local forecasts and travel updates.
