

Natalie Neysa Alund covers trending news for USA TODAY.Here are details of the blizzard warnings: "It's just a matter of whether it’s 35 degrees and snowing or 31 and snowing." National weather radar "It looks like it’s going to be snow changing to rain in New York City," Kines said. In the stretch of cities from New York to Washington along the East Coast, residents have seen a lack of dramatic winter weather this year. Tom Kines, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather, told USA TODAY the area could see some snow on Wednesday, and New York City has the best chance of accumulating snow. National Weather Service JanuNew York, I-95 corridor could see snow this week A storm system will organize over the Southwest with some mountain snow, before becoming a winter storm in the southern Plains on Tuesday /y9NzJ0DpdI A coastal low will move away from the Northeast but heavy snow is still likely across New England Here's the #weather snapshot for #Monday:

In addition, there was a slight risk of excessive rainfall from eastern Texas to south-central Mississippi, where totals could exceed 2 inches in some areas. Snow also was expected in much of Arkansas and western Tennessee. Thunderstorms were expected Tuesday across portions of the Gulf Coast in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana. Possibly severe storms were expected in those areas overnight Tuesday, Clements said. Potentially severe thunderstorms forecast in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana Warnings also were in place in New Mexico and in Lubbock, Texas, and the northern part of the state.

Winter storm warnings this week have been active in areas of eastern New York, western New England, northern Vermont, New Hampshire and most of Maine, the weather service reported. Oklahoma could see 2 to 4 inches of snow, and the Texas Panhandle could get 6 to 8 inches, National Weather Service forecasters say. The system will track through portions of Oklahoma and Texas on Tuesday and into the Midwest on Wednesday.
