Winter Storm Avery has spread a mess of snow and ice through the mid-Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and East and conditions are going downhill steadily in the Northeast.
Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories have been posted for parts of a number of states from eastern Missouri to New England. Ice storm warnings have even been hoisted in parts of the Ohio Valley. Winter Weather Alerts
(From the National Weather Service.)
Warnings are issued for areas where confidence is high that heavy snow, sleet and/or freezing rain are expected to produce a significant impact. Watches are posted for areas where significant impacts may occur, but forecaster confidence is not yet high.
Freezing rain, sleet and/or snow will make travel hazardous for areas under a winter weather advisory.
Avery was initially named with the expectation that winter storm warnings would be issued for at least 2 million people, and this criterion was reached when much of the mid-Mississippi region, including the St. Louis metropolitan area, and the central Appalachians were placed in warnings by late Wednesday morning. Get the full story on the Weather Channel
