Clear and dry weather is in store for most of the country for New Year's Eve, but snow, rain or wind could disrupt holiday travel in parts of the Midwest, Northeast and California, forecasters warned.
On the heels of blizzard conditions that swept across much of the northern tier of the country, "much of the U.S. mainland will enter a period of relative tranquil weather," the National Weather Service said ahead of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. But some of the same regions impacted by the heavy snow, power outages and travel delays won't see reprieve for the holiday.
A blast of arctic air will bring freezing temperatures as far south as the Tampa, Florida, area, while an additional several feet of snow is expected across the Great Lakes region over the next couple of days, the weather service said. Light snow will reach through to the Ohio Valley on Dec. 31.
To the west, a recently rain-soaked Southern California could see additional flash flooding from rain that will dump on several Southwestern states, the weather service said.
"While there still will be pockets of poor travel through New Year’s Day, much of the country will have good travel conditions following the back-to-back winter storms that swept through parts of the Midwest and Northeast,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Elizabeth Danco said.
