Next major winter storm in the US set to blast 300 million with downpours, snow
Next major winter storm in the US set to blast 300 million with downpours, snow
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The system brought heavy rain to wildfire-ravaged areas of Southern California after months without precipitation. The system, which is heading eastward after providing wildfire-ravaged Southern California with some much-needed precipitation, is bringing winter weather and rain across the Southwest on Tuesday. It will continue to move east hitting nearly every region and bringing weather changes to more than 300 million.
![[A worker clears snow at the Big Bear Mountain Resort in Big Bear Lake, California, on Monday. The system, which is heading eastward after providing wildfire-ravaged Southern California with some much-needed precipitation, is bringing winter weather and rain across the Southwest on Tuesday]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/28/18/AP25027803022174.jpg)
“We aren’t done with isolated rainfall activity just yet as chances for precipitation will persist into Wednesday,” forecasters in Arizona’s capital city of Phoenix wrote. At least a few inches of snow is projected over the Rockies, and a wintry mix could last into the end of the week and over parts of the High Plains.
To the south and east of the storm’s track, rain is projected, resulting in potential flooding. Some areas from Texas to Kentucky could see as many as 7 inches of downpours. “Rain will fall in an area of the South Central states that has experienced well-below-historical-average precipitation this month,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Courtney Travis said in a statement. “San Antonio and Austin are both in an extreme drought. The area could use the rain, but too much rain too quickly could lead to flooding concerns.”.
There’s also a risk of severe thunderstorms, including hail and power winds in Texas on Thursday. To the north, snow and ice are possible in the Midwest and Northeast by the end of the week. “Depending on its track, the storm on Friday may bring snow or a wintry mix as far north as Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland in the Midwest,” Travis said.
