Thu Jan 02 07:10:00 UTC 2025: ## Major Winter Storm to Slam Eastern US This Weekend
**Kansas City, MO** – A significant winter storm is poised to bring widespread disruption to the eastern half of the United States starting this weekend, ending a surprisingly mild start to winter. After an unusually snow-free beginning to the season across the central Plains and Ohio Valley, a powerful storm system originating in the Pacific Ocean will bring a potent mix of snow, freezing rain, and thunderstorms.
The storm is expected to make landfall in the Northwest on Saturday, bringing heavy mountain snow. By Sunday, it will push eastward into the central U.S., colliding with a mass of cold air and unleashing significant winter weather. A mix of snow and ice is likely across the central Plains and lower Ohio Valley on Sunday, with the wintry mix spreading to the rest of the Ohio Valley, mid-South, central Appalachians, and potentially the mid-Atlantic by Sunday night.
While the storm is expected to weaken as it crosses the Appalachians on Monday, wintry weather, including snow and potentially some freezing rain, is still anticipated across the mid-Atlantic and possibly even parts of the Carolinas.
Forecasters predict at least plowable snow accumulation across the north-central Plains and Ohio Valley, with the potential for an ice storm bringing hours of freezing rain just south of the snow line. Precise snow totals and the storm’s exact path are still being refined, but residents in the affected areas should prepare for significant winter weather impacts throughout the weekend and into early next week.
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