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Major Winter Storm to Affect Northern Half of the United States: January 2025 Travel Alert

Dozens of airports will be affected.

Due to the latest weather system, consider ensuring that you have alternate travel plans ready to be implemented because of a major winter storm to affect the northern half of the United States January 2025 — and some of southern Canada will be affected as well.

Major Winter Storm to Affect Northern Half of the United States: January 2025 Travel Alert

The following statement is currently posted at the official Internet web site of the National Weather Service of the United States:

Major Winter Storm to Bring Snow and Ice from the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic

A major winter storm will produce widespread significant impacts from the central Plains across the Ohio and Tennessee valleys, and into the Mid-Atlantic region this weekend into Monday. Areas between central Kansas and Indiana, especially along and north of Interstate 70, are likely to receive heavy snowfall. Icing is likely from eastern Kansas into the southern Appalachians.

The map of the United States from the National Weather Service currently indicates winter storm warnings, winter storm watches, snow squall warnings, winter weather advisories, cold weather advisories as arctic air descends on the United States, coastal flood warnings, coastal flood watches, gale warnings, gale watches, small craft advisories, wind advisories, and hazardous weather outlooks for the northern United States — as well as frost advisories for southeastern Georgia and northeastern Florida.

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Source: National Weather Service of the United States.

The following loop is a series of graphics over the next 2.5 days from the National Weather Service of the United States:

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Source: National Weather Service of the United States.

The aforementioned loop shows that snowfall will be likely to occur through Monday, January 6, 2025 from northeastern Washington state all the way to central Maryland; while severe thunderstorms are forecast to affect central western Mississippi, northeastern Louisiana, and extreme southeastern Arkansas. Rain is likely from southeastern Louisiana to the southern half of Kentucky and from eastern Oklahoma to northwestern North Carolina. People in western New York, northwestern Pennsylvania, northeastern Ohio, and western Michigan are expected to experience lake effect snow.

As much as 24 inches of snow could accumulate in an area that comprises of northeastern Kansas, southeastern Nebraska, northwestern Missouri, and extreme southwestern Iowa. Expect travel conditions to be substantially difficult; and expect outages of electrical power.

Flight Waivers, Delays and Cancellations

If you are traveling to, from, or within the northern half of the United States and a portion of southern Canada over the next few days or so, expect delays and cancellations of flights. Keep up to date on the latest information pertaining to this winter weather system which may adversely affect your travel plans. Better yet, postponing or canceling your trip might be a better option — no matter which mode of travel you plan on taking.

If you have a flight scheduled, your flight may be delayed or canceled — and you may be eligible for a waiver of a fee to change your itinerary.

See also

Here are nine airlines which have issued travel alerts as a result of this weather system:

Final Boarding Call

Do not be surprised to see additional airlines issue travel waivers — as well as existing travel waivers being extended — as this winter weather system progresses towards the east.

Be sure to contact your airline or transportation provider for the latest information pertaining to your travels — if they are adversely affected — and please: travel safely.

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