Highly Disruptive Storm To Unleash Thunderstorms, Snow In Central, Eastern US

Weather experts said that a highly disruptive storm is forecasted to unleash thunderstorms and snow over central and eastern United States.

At present, meteorologists are keeping an eye towards the weather patterns that can affect Americans.

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Possible Disruptive Storm

They said that the dry and increasingly mild conditions which is seen to precede the upcoming storm this weekend will set the stage and provide the atmospheric fuel that is needed for to develop a highly disruptive storm.

So far, residents living from the Midwest to the Gulf Coast over to the East Coast are advised to check weather advisories often for the latest forecasts.

On Friday, a storm tracking through the central Rockies is seen to shift into the southern and central Plains, which will develop a new area of low pressure.

Weather experts said that the chilly air blowing out of the Rockies and northern Plains would clash with warm and humid air flowing out of the Gulf of Mexico.

This condition can spawn a rapidly intensifying storm, according to meteorologists.

They said that there could be pockets of rain and perhaps a few thunderstorms from the southern Plains into the middle Mississippi River valley on Friday and during the evening.

The storm is expected to intensify over the weekend.

Meteorologists issued a warning that amid the warm, humid air that has been surging out of the Gulf of Mexico ahead of an approaching cold front this weekend across the South, severe thunderstorms can erupt and cause destruction in the area.

They said that the region spanning from eastern Texas into Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and western Tennessee would be the area to watch for potentially dangerous thunderstorms on Saturday.

Moreover, the areas of Shreveport, Louisiana; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Memphis, Tennessee are a few cities to watch closely for possible impacts of damaging thunderstorms at the start of the weekend.

From Thunder and Heavy Rain to Snow

Officials said that depending on the exact track and intensity of the storm system on Saturday, it is possible that the areas situated in the farther north of the Ohio Valley could even be in line for rumbles of thunder and heavy rain.

They said that the thunderstorm threat would likely not be limited to Saturday either because the storm is seen to intensify as it will track the east direction on Sunday.

Meanwhile, an area potentially spanning from Florida to the mid-Atlantic states should be prepared for torrential rains as well as gusty thunderstorms to close out the weekend.

The storm is forecasted to bring threats of severe thunderstorms and the moderate to heavy rainfall can be good news for the Mississippi River and its large tributaries.

Meanwhile, as chilly air surges southward from the Rockies and Canada over the weekend, the risk of heavy snow is also expected.

Weather experts noted that the storm would interact with cold air on the northwest side of the storm.

Furthermore, if the cold air can move in quickly enough, the public could be looking at a zone of impactful snow from the Midwest and up through the Great Lakes Saturday into Sunday.