The late November storm is expected to bring a variety of impacts, including severe weather, snow, strong winds and the season's first midwinter-like temperatures, which could threaten travel early in Thanksgiving week.
The storm is expected to develop from the Rocky Mountains early next week and push north into the Northern Plains and upper Mississippi Valley on Tuesday and Wednesday.
There will be pouring rain and the west side of the storm could see the first snow of the season.
The cold air behind the storm is expected to flow into the southern plains and lower Mississippi Valley, dropping temperatures below freezing.
Frost is also possible along the Gulf Coast.
Meanwhile, the storm will intensify as it circles over the Great Lakes Wednesday into Thursday, bringing a widespread threat of high winds to the Great Lakes and eastern United States.
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As the center of the storm moves into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast over the weekend, trailing strong winds are expected to blow across Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, potentially bringing heavy snow to western Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. The same goes for western New York.
Snow is possible in parts of the interior Ohio Valley, northern Mid-Atlantic, and interior Northeast through the weekend and into the weekend, but there is still significant uncertainty in the amount of cold air available for snowfall.
Severe weather, whether rain or snow, is expected to develop across the Northeast early in the weekend, potentially disrupting air and road traffic just as the Thanksgiving travel week begins.
Travel aside, temperatures are expected to drop across much of the northern plains and northeast quadrant of the United States by the end of the week, giving a wintry feel to the start of the holiday week.
