Sleet and freezing rain are expected to affect travel through much of the nation’s midsection on Monday.
Unless utterly necessary , this might not be the unspoiled sentence to move around anywhere from Texas to Ohio and Tennessee .
A large stretch of America ’s midriff is currently witnessing challenge winter condition , and around 50 million Americans are affected by today ’s weather advisory , USA Todayreports . Due to an icy frigid front moving into the southern Plains and the Mid - South , at least 15 body politic are now suffering the consequence of freezing rains and icing event .
During the cold front passage , sleet and freeze rain will be the independent enemies stimulate hazardous change of location conditions . concord to the National Weather Service , key Texas , southwest Oklahoma , and cardinal Arkansas are among the touched area .
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Specifically , the Dallas - Fort Worth orbit is presently undergo a winter tempest warn until 6 am on Wednesday , and freezing rainfall as well as sleet are have a bun in the oven . A considerable number flights into and out of Dallas - area airportshave been offset , and airports in Denver , Aspen , and Austin are all seeing a sizable number of cancellation as well .
According to FlightAware data , over 800 flights into or out of the US today are cancel and many more are delayed . Not quite as bad as thethousands of flightscanceled last calendar month that lead up toSouthwest Airlines ' historic nuclear meltdown , but still quite important . traveler are encourage to double check their escape status as the wintertime weather condition advisory persists .
Colorado is witnessing a number of winter weather history itself , accord to USA Today . According to the National Weather Service , Denver hit an all-night low of -10 , which is the same temperature as the platter place in 1985 . Wind thrill are look to bring the temperature down to -19 degrees at Denver International Airport today , while Colorado ’s eastern plains are expect to strike -23 .
Further due west , a honest amount of weighed down snow is in the forecast . expert are warning multitude about expect travel difficulties , especially near the gamy lot passes of western Colorado mountains . C is also expected to cause some travelling issues in Southern California , where in parts of Los Angeles and Ventura county it is likely to slack down traffic .
While it wo n’t be affected as much , the easterly side of the country is n’t safe from the wintery status either . A cold front is expect to move east by Tuesday , and the Northeast and Mid - Atlantic region are expected to witness twenty-four hours of below - average temperatures .
