5 Things to Know About Winter Storm Kayla

Winter Storm Kayla will deliver its peak impacts, including blizzard conditions, to parts of the Plains and Midwest through Tuesday night. In addition to snow, there are several other aspects of the storm that we are watching.

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Here are five things you need to know about this storm, including when and where your area can expect the biggest impacts.

1.) Heavy Snowfall Across Several States

Winter Storm Kayla moved through the Southwest and Rockies Sunday into Monday, dumping up to two feet of snow on some higher elevation locations.

As low pressure moves through the High Plains and Upper Midwest, heavy snow will continue to progress northeast from the central Plains to the Upper Midwest and parts of the Great Lakes into Wednesday.

(FORECAST: Denver | Omaha | Green Bay)

Widespread snowfall amounts of 6 inches or more will be common in the locations mentioned above, with some locations picking up a foot or more in parts of Nebraska, Iowa and southern Minnesota.

2.) Strong Winds Will Cause Blizzard Conditions

With low pressure rapidly intensifying over the Plains, strong winds have developed around the storm. On the cold side of Winter Storm Kayla, some of the strongest winds will overlap with an area seeing heavy snow across the central Plains and Upper Midwest.

Blizzard warnings have been hoisted in parts of the Plains as winds will increase to 25 to 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph possible into early Wednesday.

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Areas of strong winds were also experienced in the mountains and lower elevations of the Desert Southwest, Southern California and southern High Plains, Sunday and Monday.

3.) More Like a Spring Storm Than a Winter Storm

If snow wasn't enough, Winter Storm Kayla is also going to have elements more typical of an early spring storm, than one happening at the beginning of February.

Kayla will take a track from the Plains into the Great Lakes, sometimes referred to as a "lakes cutter." Such an inland track will draw unseasonably warm air north and east across much of the eastern half of the country.

(FORECAST: Baltimore | New York City | Washington, D.C.)

4.) Severe Weather Outbreak, Tornadoes Possible in the South

Speaking of being like an early spring storm, Kayla will bring warm, humid air northward into parts of the south, including the Lower Mississippi Valley, Tennessee Valley and Southeast.

As the storm system strengthens over the central states, the threat of severe thunderstorms, including tornadoes, will continue into early Wednesday.

The greatest tornado threat is focused on parts of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Tennessee Valley. A broader area can expect at least a possibility of severe thunderstorms from the Ohio Valley to the Gulf Coast.

(FORECAST: Jackson, Mississippi | Memphis, Tennessee | Tuscaloosa)

Although the severe thunderstorm threat will tend to lessen with eastward extent, strong winds and perhaps a couple of tornadoes could also affect the lower Appalachians, lower mid-Atlantic region and Southeast, including Florida Wednesday.

5.) Significant Warm Up Ahead of Kayla

Warmer air has spread from the South and central U.S. into the Northeast and these spring-like temperatures will continue through Wednesday and even Thursday for a few locations.

Record highs were set from the Ohio Valley, to Deep South Texas, to New Jersey and the Hudson Valley Sunday. Additional record highs were set in the Northeast on Monday. On Tuesday record highs were set from the South to the Northeast.

The Ohio Valley and East Coast will remain warm through midweek, where a few record highs could be set Wednesday.

(FORECAST: Louisville | Boston | Hartford)

As Kayla swings a cold front across the eastern U.S. into Wednesday, temperatures will return closer early-February averages, for a time, later this week from west to east.

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