A wide swath of the country is expecting more winter precipitation that forecasters warn could lead to dangerous road conditions during the Tuesday morning commute.
A mix of snow, sleet, rain and freezing rain is expected in parts of the southern Plains and South, where school districts in more than a half-dozen states from Texas east have canceled or delayed classes. Even parts of the coastal Carolinas could see some precipitation.
Elsewhere, forecasters are warning of dangerously cold wind chills into Tuesday morning. Here’s a look at what’s happening:
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SNOW, ICE IN THE SOUTH
Conditions were expected to improve in Texas as the precipitation moves east toward the Appalachians by Tuesday morning. A day earlier, icy conditions in Texas led to the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and a daylong delay in the trial of the ex-Marine charged in the shooting death of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. The trial was expected to proceed Tuesday, weather permitting.
National Weather Service forecasters in Jackson, Mississippi, issued a freezing rain advisory through 6 a.m. Tuesday. They said ice accumulations were expected to be about a tenth of an inch, enough to make for hazardous driving on some roads, bridges and overpasses.
In Tennessee, where residents were struggling to recover from last week’s ice storm and bone-chilling low temperatures, up to 3 inches of snow was being forecast for the eastern part of the state during the early morning.
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency officials say 27 people around the state have died as a result of the ice storm and frigid temperatures. Tens of thousands remained without power Monday.
Snow, sleet and freezing rain are forecast from the South Carolina Midlands to the coast through early afternoon. Light snow is likely along North Carolina’s northern coast.
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DEEP FREEZE
The Weather Service said that temperatures will be 15 to 25 degrees below average for most of the East Coast west to the Great Lakes and lower Mississippi River Valley.
Forecasters warned of dangerous wind chills overnight and into Tuesday morning for parts of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Northwestern Connecticut and far western Massachusetts can expect wind chills to 29 below and temperatures between 16 below and 5 above, according to the Weather Service.
Boston’s possible 1 below isn’t expected to match the daily record low of 7 below from 1894.
In Pittsburgh, public schools will be starting two hours later than usual with the wind chill expected to be as low as 10 to 20 below zero around sunrise.
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SUN, SKIING IN CALIFORNIA
A winter storm that brought much-needed rain to Southern California on Sunday and Monday was expected to give way to sunny skies Tuesday. And snow that fell Monday on mountains across Southern California was good news for ski and snowboard areas. Mountain High, a small ski resort in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles, said it would reopen Tuesday after being closed for nearly a week due to lack of snow.