Travel & RV Weather Forecast a.m. Sunday 2 January

** Heads up for RV’ers moving through the Mid-Atlantic I-81 or I-95 corridors tonight or Monday **

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‘Pop-up snowstorm’ for northern and western Virginia and the DELMARVA Peninsula late tonight and Monday.
Rain, snow and high winds return to Northern California and the Pacific Northwest.
Still bitterly cold over the Upper-Midwest.
The unusual winter heat has departed Texas and the South.

For details, check out the latest weather animations.

Here’s the long-range travel & RV weather outlook (will update later today)

— Coastal WA including Puget Sound Coast: High Wind Warnings and Advisories through early Monday morning. Gusts 50-55. I-5, I-90 impacted.

— WA Olympic Mountains above 2500 feet; WA Cascades above 1500 feet; northern and eastern WA; northern ID: Winter Storm Warnings and Watches this afternoon through Monday afternoon. Accumulations 12-30 inches in the Olympics and Cascades, and 4-7 inches in the valleys. Wind gusts 45-55 mph in the mountains I-90 impacted.

— OR Cascades and south-central OR; eastern OR and southwest ID: Winter Storm Warnings Watches and Advisories. Snow accumulations generally 8-16 inches in the Cascades and 6-10 inches in eastern OR and ID. Wind gusts to 50 mph. I-84 impacted.

— Western OR; north-central, central and eastern OR; southwest ID; far-northern CA coast: High Wind Warnings and Advisories through Monday afternoon. Winds decrease from west to east on Monday. Wind gusts 45-65 mph. I-5, I-84, US-101 impacted.

— Northern CA around Shasta Lake and I-5 north of Redding: Winter Storm Warnings tonight through Monday night above 1500 feet. 4-7 inches of snow above 1500 feet and 1-2 feet of snow above 3000 feet. I-5 impacted.

— Northeast CA: High Wind Watch for Monday. Gusts. To 70 mph. US-395 impacted.

— CA Northern Sierra Nevada Range: Winter Weather Advisories Monday morning through Tuesday morning. Generally 3-6 inches snow except over a foot at higher elevations. I-80 impacted.

— MT Rocky Mountain Front; central and north-central MT: High Wind Warnings through this evening. Gusts 60-75 mph. Highest along the Rocky Mountain Front. I-15 impacted.

— South-central MT: High Wind Warning through Monday evening. Gusts to 65 mph. Combined with blowing snow, I-90 and US-191 highly impacted.

— Southeast WY: High Wind Warnings, Watches and Winter Weather Advisories through Tuesday afternoon. A combination of wind gusts to 70 mph and blowing snow will create dangerous travel conditions. I-25, I-80 highly impacted.

— Eastern ND, northeast SD, most of MN: Wind Chill Warnings through midmorning. Wind chill temperatures as low as -50 deg F. I-29, I-35, I-90, I-94 impacted.

— Portions of northeast TX, southeast AR, northwest LA: Winter Weather Advisory through midday today for a light mixture of snow, freezing rain and freezing drizzle. Untreated portions, especially bridges and overpasses, of I-20, I-30, I-49 may be impacted.

— Southeast MI: Winter Weather Advisory through midmorning. Up to 2 inches snow. I-69, I-75, I-94 impacted.

— TN, northern MS, northern AL, southeast KY: Winter Weather Advisories this afternoon through early Monday morning. 1-2 inches snow likely. I-24, I-40, I-65, I-75 impacted.

— Eastern KY, southwest and central WV: Flood Warnings and Advisories through this afternoon. I-64, I-77, I-79 potentially impacted.

— Southeast WV; northern and southwestern VA; far-western NC; much of the DELMARVA Peninsula; far-south NJ: Winter Storm Warnings, Watches and Advisories late Sunday night through midday Monday. In general 2-6 inches snow expected. I expect the NWS to post warnings or advisories for DC, eastern MD and the rest of northern VA later today. I-40, I-77, I-79, I-81, I-95 impacted.

— Western and northern NY; VT; western and northern NH; western and northern ME: Winter Weather Advisories through this evening. 2-5 inches of snow (higher amounts in the northern regions), along with some mixed, icy precipitation. I-87, I-89, I-90 / NY Thruway, I-91, I-93, I-95 impacted.

National Weather Service Warnings Watches and Advisories issued Sunday morning 2 January
Sunday 2 January
Wind gusts Sunday afternoon 2 January
Snowfall accumulation through Sunday evening 2 January
High temperatures Sunday 2 January
Low temperatures Monday morning 3 January
Monday 3 January
Wind Gusts Monday afternoon 3 January
Total snowfall accumulations by Monday evening. 3 January
Total Precipitation amounts by Monday evening 3 January
High temperatures Monday 3 January
Low temperatures Tuesday morning 4 January
Tuesday 4 January
Wind Gusts Tuesday afternoon 4 January
High temperatures Tuesday 4 January