Weather today in the US: which places are affected by the cold front, with frost and snowfall

He cold autumnal came to USA and several states in that country experience lower temperatures than normal for this time of year, and in some cases even expected frost and fall of snowaccording to the forecast US National Weather Service (NWSfor its acronym in English).

Furthermore, the organization anticipated that in the coming days there will be heavy rainfall across much of the southwestern and northwestern United States, which in some cases could lead to flash flooding, especially in parts of New Mexico y Colorado. Warnings also apply for possible critical fires in the center of that country.

With fall already underway, different cold storm systems are causing a decrease in temperatures across much of the country. The NWS reported that the Intermontane West and Rocky Mountain region will face “the brunt of the next storm system originating in the Pacificwhich will bring below-average temperatures, gusty winds and heavy snowfall in the mountains.”

The weather forecast map in the US for this Thursday, October 17NWS

According to the entity, this front will cross the west between the mountains between this Thursday and Friday, and then will cross the central Rockies and then stop over the southern High Plains during Saturday. “It is likely that there will be heavy snowfall on the highest ground (mainly above 2130 and 2438 meters) of the central-southern Montanawest of Wyoming, Utah and southwest of Colorado”, he warned.

But this marked drop in temperature generated these phenomena in other parts of the country. According to Meteoredin areas like Beech Mountainin North Carolinathere was presence of snow showers during the early hours of this Wednesday, October 16, where about 7.6 centimeters fell.

In parallel, with the advance of this storm front, the amount of humidity will increase and rise through the south of the High Plains, so it is expected heavy precipitation from eastern New Mexico to southeastern Colorado these days.

“The formation of lines of showers and storms oriented from north to south they could contain intense precipitation while remaining over similar places for a few hours. This configuration could produce scattered areas of flash floodsespecially for places with poor drainage and urban regions,” indicated the NWS, which issued an alert for this Saturday for southeastern Coloradonortheast of New Mexico and small portions of western Oklahoma and north of Texas.

The weather forecast map in the US for this Friday, October 18NWS

In turn, a separate Pacific system moving into British Columbia will increase the chances of precipitation in western Washington state this Friday, with Expected amounts of water of between five and seven centimeters.

The NWS also warned that, in the coming days, different areas of the US will feel strong windsespecially in the central Great Basin and the southeast of the country, which is why it issued advisories for parts of Nevada, Arizona y California. Meanwhile, the NWS issued alerts for possible fires this Thursday in the southeast of Dakota del Sur; the center, south and east of Nebraska; the west of Iowa and the north of Kansas.

The weather forecast map in the US for this Saturday, October 19NWS

Likewise, they govern red flag warnings (red flag warningin English) for parts of central and northern California, Utah y Montana in order to highlight the danger of fires. This alert means that conditions are ideal for the combustion of forest fires and their rapid spread, and is also present in a large part of the states of Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Dakota del Sur, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa y Missouri.

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