Severe Weather Conditions, Including Blizzards, Could Hit Midwest This Week

Published on February 26, 2024

Severe weather, including scattered thunderstorms and possible tornadoes, is likely to affect multiple parts of the Midwest throughout this week, according to forecasters. The severe weather, which is due to a powerful cross-country storm that started on Feb. 25, is expected to bring heavy mountain snow and blizzards to the West of the United States. A “strong northern-stream trough will dig southeast into the Great Basin by the end of the period. This evolution will suppress the height fields across most of the western US,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Storm Prediction Center. “These snow rates combined with winds gusting 50-65 mph will produce near-blizzard conditions with significantly reduced visibility and snow-covered roads leading to dangerous travel,” according to NOAA....

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