The storm system has already triggered blizzard warnings in higher elevations in the Pacific Northwest, and wind gusts have topped 100 mph on some ridges. Major impacts are expected to begin late Thursday across the Plains and last until the storm system pushes into Canada and off the Eastern Seaboard on Saturday. “We’ve already been through the weekend nor’easter that impacted the East Coast and this storm that we’re still kind of clearing out of,” said Fox Weather meteorologist Britta Merwin. “But the subtropical jet, because of the El Niño phase, is allowing this to rip and roar and stay active down South,” said Fox Weather meteorologist Steve Bender. 7 A person walks a dog after a winter storm moved through Leawood, Kansas, on Jan. 9.

Source: Punch January 10, 2024 20:52 UTC