A powerful winter the storm is about to blow away parts of the WE with heavy snowcold, high temperatures winds and it’s raining just like millions of people across the country prepare has journey For Thanksgiving.

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The first widespread winter storm of the season is actually the second in a pair of storms expected to sweep across the United States this week.

The first storm system has the potential to produce severe weatherincluding possible tornadoesin parts of the southern and central plains on Sunday and Monday, while torrential rains raise fears flood.

The southern plains have been no strangers to heavy precipitation over the last few weeks. The FOX Forecast Center says that since the beginning of November, 3 to 12 inches of rain have fallen in the area.

This certainly helped the drought situation, but more rain worries forecasters flash flood could occur.

Winter storm will impact Thanksgiving travel

The FOX Forecast Center says the second storm could have a more widespread impact, especially as people plan to travel before Thanksgiving.

A powerful low pressure system should form in the Ohio River Valley and Great Lakes region and will develop rapidly as the first storm system leaves the United States northward toward Canada.

The FOX Forecast Center says this new low will intensify significantly as it passes over the Great Lakes later this week, bringing the threat of strong winds to the region up to the eastern United States .

As the storm moves towards the mid-Atlantic And Northeast By the end of the week, trailing winds are expected to bring enough cold air to support a large swath of snow somewhere in the Ohio River Valley.

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The coldest air will be on the southern side of the system and blow into the Appalachians.

It is in this area, the FOX Forecast Center said, that snow is possible in parts of the Inland Ohio Valley, North Central Atlantic and Interior Northeast by the end of the week and the weekend.

However, forecasters say there is still a lot of uncertainty about how much cold air is available for snow.

There is also the threat of lake effect snowbut will be random depending on the evolution of the low pressure system, added the FOX forecast center.

As it stands, the air may be too warm to support lake-effect snow, but be sure to download the free file FOX Weather app and enable notifications to be alerted of any changes in the forecast.