I had written about a potential cold snap happening two days ago. Looks like it is starting in the midwest - from Accuweather:
Major snowstorm to snarl travel from St. Louis to Cincinnati this weekend
Motorists along the Interstate 64 and 70 corridors of the Plains and Midwest can expect a slow and dangerous journey as a major snowstorm continues through Saturday evening.
For many areas, this will be a long-duration winter storm event that lasts more than 12 hours and perhaps as long as 48 hours in some cases. Over the Central states alone, snow will fall on more than a 1,000-mile-long west-to-east swath.
From The Weather Channel:
Winter Storm Gia Is Spreading Snow and Ice From the Plains and Midwest to the East This Weekend
Winter Storm Gia is spreading a swath of snow and some ice from parts of the Plains and Midwest to the mid-Atlantic, making travel a challenge in these areas this weekend.
An area of low pressure is tapping into cold air from Canada as it tracks eastward this weekend. There will be accumulating snow and some ice along and to the north of where the low tracks.
Snow continues to fall from the front range of Colorado eastward into Ohio. Snow will also begin to reach the ground in the mid-Atlantic later today. Some areas are seeing freezing rain and sleet mix in in parts of southern Missouri, southern Illinois and Kentucky.
So nothing for the Pacific Northwest as yet but the jet stream is definitely dipping down a lot more than usual.
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