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Widespread snow and ice risks with weekend winter storm

Forecasters agree confidence continues to increase on an expansive major winter storm impacting much of the southern and eastern portions of the Country Friday through Sunday.
National Weather Service, Weather Prediction Center
Confidence continues to increase on an expansive major winter storm impacting much of the southern and eastern portions of the Country Friday through Sunday.

A winter storm is expected to spread from the Midwest across much of the eastern U.S. with ice and snow.

This could bring damaging ice and heavy snow for millions from Texas to the mid-Atlantic states this weekend.

There is a line of mixing, or freezing rain and sleet, that Meteorologists are monitoring closely across the south. This line can move north at times throughout the weekend, impact the actual snow depth, but that can lead to bigger impacts of the weight of ice on power lines and tree branches.

The wintry weather does look to dry out into Sunday as well for parts of Tennessee, Appalachians, Carolinas, and Northeast.

The snowfall may diminish Sunday night into Monday.

Plan ahead to be in a safe place by the weekend, and keep up with the latest, local forecast.

A well-known journalist and trusted broadcaster in East Tennessee, Heather joins WUOT as a contributor to our news and programming and begins her role as an Assistant Professor of Practice in the University of Tennessee’s College of Communication & Information.