Lots of folks will head home late today and Tuesday. These notes may help. I will probably expand the specific cities part of this as time permits later today:
SEVERE WEATHER–TWO TORNADO WATCHES
A Tornado Watch for part of SE Georgia and NE Florida until 1 pm, EST or noon, CST. A later Tornado Watch has been posted northward for:
Part of Extreme East Georgia mainly from Brunswick northward
Coastal South Carolina including Charleston, Hilton Head Island and Myrtle Beach.
This second watch lasts until 3 pm, EST or 2 pm, CST
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
A slight risk of severe weather in the next 24 hours for:
Extreme Eastern North Carolina
Eastern South Carolina
Southeast Georgia
All of the Florida Peninsula from about Tallahassee southward
WINTER STORM WARNING
Upstate New York
North and Central Vermont
This includes Montpelier, Vt., and Saranac Lake, N.Y. 8-12 inches of snow expected.
WINTER STORM WATCH TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT
For West North Carolina Mountains including Asheville. 3 to 5 inches of snow expected mainly above about 3500 feet and mainly near the Tennessee border. Winds will gust over 35 mph so there will be some blowing and drifting snow.
WIND ADVISORY
Central Alabama
South 2/3 Mississippi
Southeast Arkansas
Southeast Louisiana
South Texas
Strong gusty winds due mainly to a strong low pressure area moving NE across the SE states. Over South Texas, it is due mainly to a strong cold front moving into the area.
DAMAGE REPORT
At 2:41 this morning. high winds uprooted several trees, tore down power lines abd damaged transformers in Gulfport, Miss., near Highway 53 and Henderson Avenue. No thunderstorms involved.
TWO-DAY SHORT FORECASTS FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS
CHICAGO
Dense fog this morning. Sprinkles or snow flurries this afternoon. High 38. Tuesday…Mostly cloudy and breezy. High 38.
NEW YORK CITY
Chance of rain by late afternoon. High 50. Widespread rain and fog tonight. Low 42. Tuesday…a rainly day. High 52.
LOUISVILLE
Steady rain till midday, then showers this afternoon. High 47. Showers increasing with a chance of light snow before daybreak. Accumulations 1 inch or less mainly on grassy areas. Low 32. Tuesday…light snow during the morning, a few snow showers in the afternoon. High 35.
NASHVILLE
Rain today. High 50. Tonight…showers changing to snow showers after midnight. Little or no accumulation. Low 35. Tuesday…Morning snow showers. High 45.
DALLAS-FORT WORTH
Showers ending this morning. Windy. High 45. Clear tonight, low 32. Tuesday…sunny with a high of 58.
WORLD EXTREMES
64 below zero at Ojmjakon, Siberia
104 at Gascoyne Junction, West Australia (It is early summer there)
