Winter storm Blair threatens 13 states with up to 30 inches of snow as Arctic outbreak triggers power outage alerts
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More than a dozen states lie within the path of powerful winter storm Blair, which will sweep across the Great Plains and the Northeast this weekend into early next week. 'This will be an all-hazard storm,' Dan DePodwin, Director of forecast operations at AccuWeather, reported Friday morning.
![[The storm will bring an Arctic outbreak that could see temperatures plummet as heavy snow and ice create slippery travel conditions, down tree limbs and trigger power outages]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/19/93721003-14248047-image-a-8_1735933007421.jpg)
The storm will bring an Arctic outbreak that could see temperatures plummet as heavy snow and ice create slippery travel conditions, down tree limbs and trigger power outages. At this time, the storm is spreading rain and high-elevation snow throughout the Pacific Midwest and the Rocky Mountains.
![[Snow could fall as far south as northern Oklahoma, and plowable accumulation will extend across 1,000 miles from central Nebraska to Ohio through early Monday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/19/93719035-14248047-Snow_could_fall_as_far_south_as_northern_Oklahoma_and_plowable_a-a-5_1735931586685.jpg)
But by late Saturday, it will have emerged from the Rockies and tracked East, delivering a wintery mix to a wide swath of the central US while rain, thunderstorms and several tornadoes spread across southern states. Snow could fall as far south as northern Oklahoma, and plowable accumulation will extend across 1,000 miles from central Nebraska to Ohio through early Monday.
![[The ice risk with this storm will also be significant, impacting a wide area from Wichita, Kansas to Roanoke, Virginia]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/19/93719037-14248047-The_ice_risk_with_this_storm_will_also_be_significant_impacting_-a-6_1735931586700.jpg)
Places like Kansas City, St. Louis, Indianapolis and Cincinnati could receive more than half a foot of snow, with up to a foot possible in Kansas City and its surrounding area. According to AccuWeather's Local StormMax feature, 30 inches is likely to accumulate somewhere from northeastern Kansas through northern Missouri to west-central Illinois.
![[The cold temperatures expected to linger after this storm could lead to more winter storms in the eastern US into mid-January]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/19/93719031-14248047-The_cold_temperatures_expected_to_linger_after_this_storm_could_-a-7_1735931586770.jpg)
Thirteen states lie within the path of powerful winter storm Blair, which will sweep across the Great Plains and the Northeast this weekend into early next week. The storm will bring an Arctic outbreak that could see temperatures plummet as heavy snow and ice create slippery travel conditions, down tree limbs and trigger power outages.
