Over the weekend, bone-chilling Arctic air descended upon much of the eastern United States, bringing frigid temperatures and the threat of disruptive lake-effect snow. The National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center warned that a cold air mass moving across the northern Plains and Midwest into the South and East Coast is expected to linger, ushering in the coldest temperatures since last winter.
A wide swath of the eastern US, spanning from Minnesota to Texas, is forecasted to experience temperature drops of 15 to 25 degrees as chilly air interacts with the unusually warm Great Lakes, triggering the season's first major lake-effect snow event. The National Weather Service in New York cautioned that localized areas could be paralyzed by heavy snow, with potential impacts on interstate travel.
