Winter Storm Lola To Bring Threat Of Blizzard Conditions, Strong Winds To Plains And Midwest This Week – The Weather Channel
A classic springtime storm is packing high winds and snowfall in the Plains and Midwest, resulting in blizzard conditions for some areas.A significant winter storm will contribute to dangerous travel conditions in parts of the Plains and Midwest as its combination of high winds and snowfall creates blizzard conditions in some areas.The system has been named Winter Storm Lola by The Weather Channel.(MORE: Why Winter Storms Are Named)Winter weather alerts have been issued by the National Weather Service from the Rockies into the Central Plains and upper Midwest. That includes blizzard warnings for portions of those regions that include Kansas City, Omaha, Nebraska, Des Moines, Iowa, and Rochester, Minnesota.By signing up you agree to the Terms & Privacy Policy. Unsubscribe at any time.While this storm won’t produce huge snowfall totals, travel should be avoid in an areas under blizzard warnings and/or winter storm warnings. That’s because the combination of snow and strong winds could create whiteout conditions at times in these areas.Tuesday-Tuesday Night: Snow or rain changing to snow spreads eastward into Central Plains and upper Midwest. Increasing winds will lead to dangerous travel conditions.Gusts could hit up to 70 mph in the Central Plains beginning Tuesday, and the upper Midwest might see gusts over 50 or 60 mph starting Tuesday night. Travel conditions will likely be extremely dangerous where the snow and strong winds overlap. Some broken tree limbs and power outages are possible, as well.Wednesday-Wednesday Night: The threat of snow or rain changing to snow and strong winds will continue Wednesday in the upper Midwest, stretching across the rest of the Great Lakes, Ohio River Valley and Appalachians by Wednesday night.Because of the overall warm temperatures across the U.S. this week, there will not be a large region of heavy snow from the storm, but snowy conditions could impact cities like Minneapolis, Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. (192-hours: Further beef up your forecast with our detailed, hour-by-hour breakdown for the next 8 days – only available on our Premium Pro experience.)In most areas, totals will be less than 6 inches in the Central Plains and upper Midwest. That said, there could be some narrow bands of heavier snow that produce higher totals in spots from northern Iowa into southeast Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.Strong winds could turn even a small amount of snow into whiteout or even blizzard conditions.Sara Tonks is a content meteorologist with weather.com and has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Georgia Tech in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences along with a master’s degree from Unity Environmental University in Marine Science.The Weather Company’s primary journalistic mission is to report on breaking weather news, the environment and the importance of science to our lives.We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good. We may use or share your data with our data vendors. Take control of your data.The Weather Channel is the world’s most accurate forecaster according to ForecastWatch, Global and Regional Weather Forecast Accuracy Overview, 2017-2022, commissioned by The Weather Company.Weather Channel© The Weather Company, LLC 2025
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