Here We Go Again: Treacherous Ice Storm Could Hit Midwest, Northeast

[Purveyor]

Here we go again.

Another in a seemingly endless string of brutal winter storms is gathering to unload its fury this weekend, starting as heavy snow Saturday in the Plains before moving east with the potential for treacherous ice accumulations Sunday and Monday from Ohio to Washington, D.C., and as far south as Tennessee, experts predict.

"This has been an unusual winter, with a lot of storms one right after the other," said Bob Becker, a maintenance engineer for the Missouri Transportation Department.

"All of the snowplows are on, the spreaders are in the trucks — all the equipment is ready to go for this weekend," Becker told NBC station KYTV of Springfield.


IMAGE: Map of Monday weather conditions. The Weather Channel
Ice could accumulate as far north as New York by Monday, with heavy snow across the entire Northeast.

The remnants of the heavy rain system flooding parts of California were expected to drop 5 to 10 inches of snow beginning late Thursday night over an area stretching from Montana and Idaho south to Colorado and Utah, the National Weather Service said. Blizzard warnings were in effect Thursday night for parts of western Montana.

But it's a second system moving in right afterward that will cause the real havoc as it begins trekking east Saturday.

The storm will bring significant ice accumulation to much of the Ohio Valley by Sunday, The Weather Channel predicted.

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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/deep-freeze/dangerous-ice-storm-could-be-way-midwest-northeast-n40811

btw... -9 degrees here as I type. wtf?

[Jefferson23]

1. I hope they are wrong about the ice..nothing worse, imo. Enough already. n/t

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

2. The Corp that I work for has lost about a week worth of work out of this storm, and it has impacted

the fekk out of my schedule. 1 full week of interruptions.

Yes, WTF!

[mercymechap]

3. And all the Republicans

will use this as further cementing their belief that there is no such thing as "global warming"......

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Still affecting us further south too.

This is the 5th cylcle of warm ups for a few days, then cold blasts for a few days.
Wayyyyy past normal to have freexing off and on, off and on, etc.
For thefirst time, my heating bill is higher than my cooling bill.

[blue neen]

5. All of the road crews are out of salt.

It's scary.