Get ready for a snowy Super Bowl: another large winter storm is moving across a large swath of the U.S. on Sunday just days after a blizzard slammed the northeast. The storm — which The Weather Channel is calling Linus — could dump up to a foot of snow as it moves from the Plains through the Midwest and into the Northeast.
Winter storm warnings are in effect for a very large stretch of the country, including parts of Iowa, northern Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as well as Pennsylvania, New York, and portions of southern New England, according to The Weather Channel. It said several large cities are in Linus' line of fire, with Des Moines, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Albany, Providence and Boston positioned to see between 8 inches to a foot of powder.
More than 1,000 flights had been cancelled in and out of Chicago's airports early Sunday and the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for the city. The most intense period of snow in the Midwest is forecast to hit Sunday right around game time — which means road conditions could be hazardous for people driving to Super Bowl parties. Potential wind gusts of up to 40 mph are expected, so drivers could face terrible visibility and snarling snow drifts, according to The Associated Press. Snow will continue through the day from southern Minnesota southward into northern Missouri and eastward into Pennsylvania and western New York.
The National Weather Service said between 8 and 14 inches of snow could fall in parts of New England beginning around midnight Sunday, with up to 16 inches in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts and Connecticut's Litchfield Hills. Southwestern Connecticut could see between 5 and 10 inches of snow and sleet. The Weather Channel said that snow is likely for the Monday morning commute from north of Philadelphia up to Boston and could continue into Monday evening.
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— Cassandra Vinograd
First published February 1 2015, 2:08 AM
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