As the holiday weekend wraps up, a cold blast of winter in on the way for millions of Americans as a deep freeze will blanket much of the East Coast and bring snow to some areas. The Weather Channel's Kelly Cass has the details.
By msnbc.com staff and news services
Snow storms and wind gusts of up to 50 mph were forecast for many parts of the U.S. on Monday as the year began with the coldest weather so far this winter.
Lake-effect winds are expected to dump up two feet of snow east of Lake Ontario as well as east and southeast of Lake Erie.
Strong winds will blow the snow showers as far inland as eastern New York and central Pennsylvania, the Weather Channel reported, with a few inches of accumulation possible in New England.
Following a deadly windstorm in Colorado, windy weather will continue to affect the Midwest today. The Weather Channel's Alex Wallace has the forecast.
Across the whole of the Northeast U.S., gusts of up to 50 mph are forecast on Monday, it said.
?Cold and windy conditions are forecast to prevail across much of the northeastern quarter of the country,? the National Weather Service said in an alert issued at 2:48 a.m. ET.
?High temperatures are forecast to remain in the 20s across much of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Valley on Monday before impacting the Mid-Atlantic and New England by the following day," it added. ?Snow will be plentiful over the Great Lakes."
The Detroit Free Press said blizzard warnings were in place for several northern Michigan counties and that the Traverse City area in northwestern lower Michigan can expect about 20 inches of snow.
However, urban Detroit is likely to escape the worst of the snow, it added.
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?I don?t know too many people who are complaining,? about the lack of snow in metro Detroit, Mike Richter with the National Weather Service in White Lake Township told the newspaper. ?Except maybe for the ski resorts.?
In contrast, Orange County residents experienced one of the hottest starts to a New Year in almost 50 years.
By Sunday afternoon, temperatures in Santa Ana reached a high of 81 degrees, tying the previous record documented on Jan. 1, 1964, the Orange County register reported.?
Msnbc.com staff contributed to this report.
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