Dangerous journeys are expected across much of the eastern United States

A series of storms are expected to affect parts of the northwest this week.

A New Year’s storm that brought very heavy snow and ice from Texas to the Midwest brought more winter weather to the Northeast.

The storm brought over a foot of snow to West Texas and up to 10 inches of snow just outside of Oklahoma City. A 5-7 inch swath of snow also locally traversed parts of Kansas.

The 6.5 inches of snow that fell in Wichita, Kansas was enough to break a daily record at the airport. The storm also brought a wide band of 0.25 to 0.30 inch ice over parts of Missouri and Illinois, causing numerous accidents and chopping down trees on New Years Day. Parts of Illinois had its most important ice event for several years. Ice was reported in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania as the storm moved east. The storm also caused two reported tornadoes in parts of Georgia, including one that injured a person in Monroe County.

On Saturday afternoon, more than half a foot of snow was reported over northern New England, with up to 8 inches in parts of northern Vermont and Maine. The storm is over, although the roads are expected to be slippery throughout much of the northeast throughout the afternoon.

Along the cold front, heavy rains and storms develop in parts of the Southeast, including parts of the Florida panhandle. This is where another low is developing this morning, and this storm is expected to move north over the weekend.

Several rounds of heavy rains are expected to move over Florida, Georgia and South Carolina on Saturday, which could cause flash flooding. Locally, more than 2 inches of rain is expected. Severe storms will also be possible, which could cause downed trees and power lines.

Another disturbance from the north and west will move to parts of the Midwest on Saturday and bring some more snow to parts of Missouri and Illinois. This disturbance is expected to result in a rapid storm that will move up the East Coast this weekend.

Sunday morning, a patch of snow is expected from Chicago to Detroit. Another wave of freezing rain and snow is expected just outside of Philadelphia and Washington, DC There could be a lot of slippery roads through Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Meanwhile, the storm will bring a series of heavy rains from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Richmond, Virginia.

On Sunday night, there could be snow just outside New York City passing through Scranton, Pa., And heading towards Hartford, Connecticut and Albany, New York. The storm will be over before Monday morning.

The result of all this unstable activity is expected to be locally 3 inches or more of rain in parts of the southeast, locally more than 6 inches of snow in parts of the northeast, as well as some ice build-up from Pennsylvania. in Vermont.

A series of storms are expected to impact parts of the northwest this week, however, a predominant scenario developing will be the lack of cold air. Above-average temperatures appear more likely to be expected during the first half of January for much of the central and eastern United States, particularly in the Midwest and Northeast.