Weather experts are issuing grave warnings to Americans to not make any travel plans over the weekend as a powerful winter storm is set to hit multiple states.
As much as 20 inches of heavy snow, sleet, and ice are predicted to sweep across most of the eastern half of America, as Arctic air from Canada is set to travel south.
The winter storm, named Fern, is predicted to be one of the biggest in recent memory – with meteorologists urging people to prepare for days without power in their homes.
‘This is not good,’ Weather Channel meteorologist Jordan Steele wrote on X. ‘ Plan now! Plan for going day(s) without power this weekend. School cancellations next week.’
‘Do not plan a road trip this weekend. This could be a situation where people get stuck on the highway.’
The National Weather Service is predicting more than a foot of heavy snow in places that will cause hazardous conditions and reduced visibility over the weekend.
Millions of people – from the east of Arizona all the way to southern edge of New Hampshire – are being told to hunker down and avoid travel until the icy storm passes.
‘All model guidance shows arctic air making it down to the Gulf and East Coasts, which will clash with southern stream energy to produce a high impact winter storm across the southern tier,’ the center wrote on Tuesday morning.
Yeah right, be sure to stock up on milk, bread, eggs, toilet paper, batteries, etc, etc, for the 4 inches of snow we will be getting in the tri-county area. Devastating isn’t it?