After one brutal winter storm exits, is another on the way? Weather forecast explains
With the snow from Monday's storm still blowing around the Mid-Atlantic states, attention turns to the next system that's forecast to spread a wintry mess from Texas to the East Coast this week.
This next storm will begin to spread snow and ice from the Texas/Mexico border Wednesday night and eventually track across much of the southern and potentially eastern U.S. toward the end of the week.
"In places that don't get snow or ice very often, such as Austin, Dallas, Little Rock, and Nashville, it will be a big deal," AccuWeather meteorologist Tom Kines told USA TODAY Monday.
'Most significant snowfall in several years'
Though uncertainty remains in its ultimate path up the East Coast, this next winter storm is forecast to bring impactful winter weather to the southern Plains later this week, National Weather Service meteorologist Zack Taylor told USA TODAY.
Cities such as Dallas could get one of their most significant snowfalls in several years, according to AccuWeather.
“There will be enough energy in this storm for snow and ice in parts of Texas. We are forecasting several inches of snowfall in Dallas and along parts of I-20 in northern Texas,” said AccuWeather meteorologist Bernie Rayno, in a news release. “This storm could essentially shut down travel across northern Texas by Thursday night into Friday.”
The national college football semifinal is scheduled for Dallas' Cotton Bowl on Friday night. Though played in a dome, travel to and from the game could be affected.
"Stay warm, bundle up and prepare for an increasingly likely impactful winter weather event later this week!" the National Weather Service in Dallas said Monday.
Taylor said that after walloping Texas, the storm will move into the Southeast, but then its path becomes uncertain as to whether it will slide off the coast or track up toward the Northeast.
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Will the East Coast get hit again?
AccuWeather said that as the storm advances eastward later this week and slides off the East Coast, it could bring additional impacts to areas of the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic states and even New England, depending on the exact path that it takes.
“There are two scenarios for this late-week storm. One scenario brings this storm farther south with limited snow and ice. If the storm is guided up the coast and strengthens, we could end up with a large snowstorm from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic, possibly reaching eastern New England,” Rayno said.
According to Kines, snow lovers in the Northeast should hope for a stronger storm, which he said would be more likely to bring wintry precipitation to the region.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Winter storm forecast: Texas to be blasted with snow, ice this week