A winter storm that has covered parts of the East and South Coast with snow and ice will continue to push offshore Saturday.
A few winter weather warnings remain in effect for the central Appalachians, with scattered snow showers lingering in parts of northern New England through Saturday afternoon. An additional snowfall of up to 2 inches will be possible in these areas.
A clipper system will cross the Great Lakes Saturday evening and Sunday, bringing scattered snow showers to areas of South and North Dakota up to Michigan. The system will bring dust of up to 3 inches to the Upper Midwest, with higher localized amounts above 5 inches for parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, said a few areas of snow showers or light flurries are expected throughout the day. Accumulations will be mostly light, the weather service said, but warned that “temporary reductions in visibility will be possible through early afternoon.”
In parts of the South and Southeast, temperatures will remain 10 to 20 degrees below average, with highs between 30 and 50 degrees. Conditions are expected to remain relatively cool through Sunday, with maximum temperatures up to 15 degrees below average across much of the region.
Due to freezing temperatures, 12 million people from the southwest to the southeast are under frost alert as of Saturday evening.
Severe winter conditions led to more than 10,000 flight delays and cancellations across the United States on Friday, according to the FlightAware flight tracking website. As of Saturday afternoon, there had been just over 4,000 delays within, arriving or leaving the country and 845 cancellations.
