A winter storm of unrivaled scope is affecting the vast majority of the U.S., as damaging winds ramp up from the Midwest to the Southeast — downing trees and power lines. More updates:
Computer model map of surface air pressure and the misery index, with white colors showing the coldest wind chills.Image:is affecting the vast majority of the continental U.S. Friday, as damaging winds ramp up from the Midwest to the Southeast, downing trees and power lines amid unusually frigid conditions.and threats to life will continue into Saturday as strong winds and poor visibility wreak havoc on major airline hubs.
After historically rapid temperature plunges across the Plains to the Gulf Coast and Midwest beginning Wednesday, a blast of Arctic air straight from Siberia is now gusting its way into the East Coast. The result of this intensifying storm, along with a contrast in air pressure with nearby weather systems, is a 1,000-mile swath of strong to damaging winds of 40-mph or greater through Saturday.In some places, such as Buffalo, New York, winds could gust to 70 mph, just shy of hurricane force, while the Adirondacks, Green and White Mountains of New England see winds upward of 125 mph.
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