Officials at the National Weather Service have warned drivers that "severe winter weather conditions will make travel very hazardous."
The agency forecasts snow accumulations of 12 to 18 inches during this time for areas above 6,000 feet, while areas over 4,000 feet should expect 3 to 6 inches. On Saturday, wind gusts could reach 50 miles per hour in speed, with travel becoming "very difficult to impossible."
More than 220 million people across the United States are facing dangerous cold that will also open the door for a potentially historic and crippling winter storm that could deliver snow as far south as Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.
The National Weather Service said in a forecast discussion Sunday that ... Sunday.The storm was expected to make its way east along the Gulf Coast and southeast United States on Tuesday, the National Weather Service said in a forecast discussion.
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Memphis is set to get hit with a cold weather system early this week that could drop wind chills to as low as 5 degrees.
The wind chills as low as 15 degrees are expected for parts of Alabama, Georgia and Florida Thursday evening into Friday morning.
Winter storm warnings are in place in several states with heavy snow, freezing rain and dangerously cold temperatures expected.
The Arctic blast highlights the contrasting weather extremes gripping the country as wildfires burn up California and freezing winds in the Northeast.
On Saturday at 2:57 p.m. a winter weather advisory was issued by the National Weather Service valid from Sunday 1 p.m. until Monday 4 a.m. for Bergen County.