The most recent snowstorm, forecast to spread from northeast Texas to the Mid-Atlantic region, is taking in more real estate than expected. Here in central Missouri, we were initially thought to be on the northern fringe of the passing storm but received more snow overnight than we did with last week's storm, when we were squarely in the bullseye.
Indeed, snow is falling across the southern States, from Arkansas to the Carolinas, but the breath of the snowfall is now expected to reach northward to the Great Lakes. Apparently, the storm has more strength than expected, a development that will be all too common as our climate warms.
The snowfall in our region will likely end by late morning but some of the system's more dangerous effects will come in the form of an ice storm along the southern edge of the snow swath. As wildfires rage in the west, ice may cripple some areas of the Southeast.
