A moving away storm brought more than a foot of snow to parts of New York state on Friday, while this weekend the country will experience its first bout of widespread frost of the season.
As of Friday morning in New York, 12.5 inches of snow had fallen in Hartwick, 12 inches in Burlington, 11.5 inches in Exeter Center and 10 inches in Cherry Valley. Several locations in the state’s Catskills region saw between 3 and 7 inches of snow.
Wet snow from the morning will gradually diminish throughout the day as bouts of rain are expected to impact the I-95 corridor connecting Philadelphia and New York.
Some minor coastal flooding was also possible in New Jersey along the Jersey Shore and up to Cape May.
This storm will head out to sea on Saturday, but cold northerly winds behind it will create lake-effect snow, rain showers and light snow over the Adirondacks, Berkshires and Green and White Mountains in the Northeast.
The first big frost
Another storm this weekend will bring the first subzero temperatures to millions across the country. Chicago will experience wind chill temperatures Saturday and Sunday of 24 and 27 degrees, New York 34 and 40 degrees, Atlanta 31 and 32 degrees and Tallahassee, Florida 35 and 32 degrees.
Freeze and frost warnings are in effect from eastern Oklahoma to the coastal Carolinas, extending into southern Alabama. Some of the cities under frost and freeze warnings include Tulsa, Oklahoma; Little Rock, Arkansas; Birmingham, Ala.; Atlanta, Georgia and Raleigh, North Carolina.
Pacific Storm Parade
Meanwhile, on the West Coast, a storm Friday from the Pacific will bring heavy rain from northern Washington to southern California as heavy snow blankets the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
For Southern California, a few isolated thunderstorms are possible, especially for the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Through Saturday, precipitation amounts will reach up to 3 inches from northern California to southwest Oregon.
For the Sierra Nevada Mountains, snowfall will reach 12 to 18 inches above 6,000 feet elevation.
The active pattern will continue through the weekend, with the next storm system expected to arrive in the Pacific Northwest Saturday night.
Heavy rain for South Texas
On Sunday, southeast Texas and western Louisiana will experience heavy rain capable of causing urban flooding.
Rainfall amounts will generally be 1 to 2 inches, but there could be localized areas along the southeast Texas coast that could see 3 to 5 inches. The cities of Houston, Galveston, Beaumont and Lake Charles could be impacted.
A few strong storms capable of damaging winds will also be possible Sunday across Southeast Texas, stretching from Beaumont to Brownsville.
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