Travel & RV Weather Forecast a.m. Thursday 17 February

** High Impact Weather today and tonight ** for a combination of snow, freezing rain, floods, high winds and severe thunderstorms over much of the Southern and Eastern U.S.

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A powerful storm will sweep through the Eastern half of the U.S. today and tonight.
A narrow zone of heavy snow and a wintry mix is anticipated from the south-central Plains to the Great Lakes.
Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and strong tornadoes from the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Southeast, especially in the Tennessee Valley and Mid South.
Very strong winds move from the Deep South northeastwards into the Northeast today and tonight.

For details, check out the latest weather animations.

Here’s the long-range travel & RV weather outlook (updated last evening)

— Northwest coastal OR: Dense Fog Advisory through late this morning. US-101 impacted.

— Southern CA Ventura, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Diego County mountains and the Inland Empire: Wind Advisories today. Gusts to 50 mph. I-8, I-10, I-15, US-101 impacted.

— Northwest MT, along and east of the Rocky Mountain Front: High Wind Warnings today. Gusts to 65 mph except gusts to 80 mph along the Rocky Mountain Front. I-15 impacted.

— North-central ID; southwest and central MT: Winter Weather Advisories tonight through midday today. Accumulations generally 1-4 inches. I-15, I-90 impacted.

— Portions of north-central, central and southeast WY: Winter Weather Advisories today and tonight. Accumulations ranging from 3-8 inches. I-25, I-80 impacted.

— Southeast WY: High Wind Warnings starting late this afternoon and tonight. Gusts to 70 mph. I-25, I-80 impacted.

— North-central NM: Winter Weather Advisories today. 5-9 inches total accumulation in the mountains and 3-5 inches elsewhere. I-25, I-40 impacted.

— South-central ND: High Wind Watch late tonight through Friday afternoon. Gusts to 60 mph. I-94 potentially impacted.

— Far eastern and southeast NM; northwest TX; central OK: Wind Advisories today. Gusts to 45 mph. I-27, I-40 impacted.

— Southeast TX between Houston and Victoria: Wind Advisory this afternoon and tonight. Gusts to 35 mph.

— Western and north-central OK; central and eastern KS; most of MO; central and southern IL; northern and central IN; southern MI; northern OH; extreme northwest PA; western and northern NY; northern and central VT; northern ME: A combination of Winter Storm Warnings and Advisories and Flood Warnings, Watches and Advisories today and tonight. A narrow band of 4-8 inches of snow with the heaviest snow from KS to IL. A band of freezing rain from north-central OK to northern NY; ice accumulations generally less than 1/10th of an inch. Travel not recommended.

— Far-eastern TX; southern and eastern AR; LA; MS; almost all of AL; TN; KY; southern IL; southern IN; southern OH; WV; western VA; MD; DE; central and eastern PA; NJ; central, southern and eastern NY; CT; RI; MA; southern VT; southern NH; Down East ME: Wind Advisories today and tonight. Gusts 45-55 mph. A pulse of high winds moves from the Lower Mississippi Valley, Deep South and southern Appalachians this morning northeastward to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast tonight.

— KY; most of TN; northern and western AL; MS; northern and eastern LA; AR: Severe thunderstorms expected with damaging winds. A few tornadoes are possibles. Areas at greatest risk include western TN; northwest AL and central and northern MS.