Major storm to unleash snow, heavy rain and wind in eastern U.S. Monday.

[elleng]

The first powerful winter storm of the season in the East will wind itself up on Monday and plaster the zone from Tennessee and Kentucky to eastern Michigan with snow and wind. Heavy rain and thunderstorms will soak locations just to the east.

The storm will take shape over the Deep South on Sunday, unloading heavy rainfall. Then, it will rapidly gain strength as it sprints from western Tennessee to western New York on Monday.

Snow is expected on the storm’s cold side, west and northwest of its track. By Tuesday, accumulating snow may have fallen in eastern Michigan, western Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and high elevations in western North Carolina.

Along and to the east of the track, heavy rain is predicted from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast. Strong to severe thunderstorms could also develop in the warm, humid air ahead of the storm from the Southeast on Sunday to the eastern Mid-Atlantic on Monday.

As the storm cranks up Monday, it will turn into a big wind generator, which could cause blowing and drifting snow on the storm’s cold side. Windy conditions are forecast to linger in the Northeast through Tuesday.

In the storm’s wake late Monday into Tuesday, some of the coldest air of the season will rush into the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, a possible preview of a cold, stormy pattern during the first half of December.

After developing near the Louisiana Gulf Coast on Sunday, the storm will draw in cold air as it merges with a disturbance diving south from Canada into the Upper Midwest and Tennessee Valley.

On Monday morning, snow is expected to break out from near Indianapolis into eastern Michigan, including Detroit, before eventually expanding south and east into western and central Ohio and northern Kentucky in the afternoon.

By Monday evening, snow could spread even farther south and east, into eastern Ohio, West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, eastern Tennessee, southwest Virginia and western North Carolina.

Into Tuesday morning, snow will probably infiltrate western New York and western Pennsylvania on the storm’s backside. Here the snow will be enhanced as cold air passes over the relatively warm Lake Erie.

Models are still coming into focus as to how much snow will fall and where. Both the European and American models suggest the heaviest amounts will focus between Indianapolis, Detroit and Cleveland, with the potential for at least several inches.'>>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/11/27/eastern-storm-snow-wind/?

[underpants]

1. Thanks for the heads up.

Traveling back to Va fromGa tomorrow

[Siwsan]

2. It's that time of the year. I just swapped out my lawnmower for my snow blower

The forecast for my part of Michigan shows we might get around 4" of snow. I'm not going anywhere, any time soon, so I'll likely put down some snow melt, Sunday night, and just wait for Mother Nature to take care of anything that can't handle. I just figured this was the sign that it's time to do that swap.

[In_The_Wind]

3. We are sharing my car while my husband's car is getting new brakes.

To drive or not to drive. I hate letting him drive my car in bad weather.

[MontanaMama]

7. I get it.

I actually hate letting my husband drive my vehicle in any weather...

[babylonsister]

4. Supposed to be 42 degrees here-42!!-by Tuesday night.

Bring it on!

[elleng]

5. WOW!

Down to 59 here now, up to 67 (with rain, Monday, and DOWN to 48 Tuesday.

[wnylib]

6. I'm in the blowing snow path,

but we're used to it here in western NY, where we can get 7 feet in 2 days. Still, I don't look forward to it. Boots, scarves, hats, gloves, heavy coats, long johns under clothes to protect against wind chill. 'Tis the season.