The season’s first blast of Arctic winter air is not only bringing winter-like temps to Atlanta but also much of the nation.
Record-low temperatures are predicted for the eastern and central U.S., and all the way down to the Gulf Coast, according to the National Weather Service. Below-freezing temperatures are forecast as far south as central Texas by Wednesday morning.
Forecasters say the next few days will feel like the middle of winter for the eastern two-thirds of the country.
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A large, strong high-pressure system is settling in over the nation’s northern High Plains, already bringing sub-zero temperatures. Much of the areas from the northern Rockies and the upper Midwest experienced snowfalls Monday morning.
Snow is also forecast over upstate New York and northern New England on Monday night, with accumulation forecast between 6 inches to 12 inches.
Farther west, more than a foot of snowfall can be expected around the Great Lakes.
Snow and mixed precipitation are forecast across the Pacific Northwest into the northern Rockies through Tuesday night.
In the South, an inch of rain is forecast across Arkansas and northern Louisiana.
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