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Winter Weather Significantly Affecting Eastern United States: January 2025 Travel Alert

This time, I will likely be affected, as I am scheduled to travel.

Due to the latest weather system, consider ensuring that you have alternate travel plans ready to be implemented because of winter weather significantly affecting the eastern United States January 2025 — and some portions of southern Canada will be affected as well.

Winter Weather Significantly Affecting Eastern 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:

Arctic Air Spreads South and East from Rockies Friday through Next Week

Arctic air is plunging across the Rockies and Great Plains and will reach the Deep South and Great Lakes Saturday night, and the Eastern Seaboard by Sunday night, bringing dangerously cold wind chill temperatures. Snow and heavy winds could produce blizzard conditions in the Northern Plains Friday. There is a wintry mix expected in the Midwest/Northeast and rain for the Southeast into Saturday.

The map of the United States from the National Weather Service currently indicates winter storm warnings, winter storm watches, winter weather advisories, small craft watches, and gale warnings from Indiana and Michigan — as well as southeastern Mississippi, southwestern Alabama, and the western panhandle of Florida — all the way to eastern Maine. Extreme cold warnings, extreme cold watches, and cold weather advisories have also been issued from northern Idaho south to western Texas as arctic air settles in on two-thirds of the eastern United States as far south as the Gulf of Mexico.

a map of the united states
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:

a map of the united states
Source: National Weather Service of the United States.

The aforementioned loop shows that snowfall will be likely to occur through Monday, January 20, 2025 from northern Idaho all the way to northern Maine. Significant amounts of rain are likely in southern Texas all the way to eastern Maine; but snow of up to six inches is forecast for eastern Texas, northern Louisiana, and western Mississippi — as well as eastern central Georgia, southern South Carolina, and eastern North Carolina. People in western New York, northwestern Pennsylvania, northeastern Ohio, and western Michigan are expected to experience as much as twelve inches of lake effect snow.

As much as 15 inches of snow could accumulate from central West Virginia all the way to northern New Brunswick in Canada. Expect travel conditions to be substantially difficult; and expect outages of electrical power. Fortunately, the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Hartford are just outside of this area; but as much as eight inches of snow are not out of the question for these cities.

Portions of the state of North Dakota can expect bitterly cold temperatures of as low as 50 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. The temperatures are expected to be colder than 20 degrees Fahrenheit as far south as northern Mexico and the western panhandle of Florida.

In a rare move, the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States will occur indoors on the coldest Inauguration Day since 1985, as the low temperature on Monday, January 20, 2025 is predicted to be only eight degrees Fahrenheit — but the high temperature could reach a balmy 25 degrees Fahrenheit, which will feel like twelve degrees Fahrenheit with winds of 14 miles per hour.

If you want to escape to warmer weather in January, try Anchorage in Alaska: the high temperatures will range between 32 degrees Fahrenheit and 37 degrees Fahrenheit this coming week, with low temperatures not expected to dip below 28 degrees Fahrenheit.

Bundle up, as most of the United States will be under a deep freeze for at least the next couple of days.

Flight Waivers, Delays and Cancellations

If you are traveling to, from, or within the eastern United States over the next couple of 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.

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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.

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

Final Boarding Call

I am scheduled to travel to New York on Monday afternoon, January 20, 2025; so I will likely be affected by this latest winter weather. Up to four inches of snow could be on the ground upon my arrival. The temperature is expected to dip to as low as eleven degrees Fahrenheit while I am there.

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 northeast.

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.

Photograph ©2010 by Brian Cohen.

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