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First major winter The 2025 storm is hitting parts of the United States with blizzard conditions and freezing rain, creating hazardous travel conditions.
Officials with the National Weather Service (NWS) are urging drivers to avoid travel in certain areas unless absolutely necessary, as a winter storm has already hit a large part of the country.
A vehicle cautiously drives down a snowy road in Shawnee, Kansas on January 5, 2025. (Chase Castor/Getty Images/Getty Images)
On Sunday evening, the National Weather Service (NWS) office posted on the X covering the Baltimore and Washington DC areas that it is “highly recommended” to suspend travel unless absolutely necessary.
“Conditions will deteriorate rapidly tonight and unpaved and unpaved roads will become impassable. During heavy snowfall, between midnight and midnight Monday, even primed and treated roads will be impassable. Postponement of non-essential travel is highly recommended,” NWS wrote.
The blizzard canceled more than 1,000 flights, delaying hundreds across the US
The office forecasts that a “period of heavy snow” will continue Monday morning with some flurries The cold rain has started to mix.
Another round of snow is expected in the area on Monday evening.
Meanwhile, the Maryland Transportation Authority posted Monday morning that if travel is essential, drivers should make sure they don't speed or pass any plow or salt trucks. According to the Maryland Transportation Authority, they must keep their headlights on.
Pennsylvania's NWS office estimates that light to moderate snow will continue through Monday morning, followed by “another round of stagnant snow” expected to hit the southern part of the state by Monday evening.
The office warned that if people must travel, they should plan extra time to get to their destination.
The NWS office in Virginia also warned that a combination of snow, sleet and freezing rain “will impact travel across the region, resulting in hazardous conditions” particularly across a plateau region in the eastern US, central Virginia. and the East Coast.
Although the NWS office in New York warned that the area would see “an extended period of cold weather,” it would not receive the brunt of the storm.
Louisville Fire Department Quint 9 firefighters shovel snow in front of their station on January 5, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images/Getty Images)
The office predicted light snow would fall in the area on Monday but “less than an inch of accumulation is expected, with some not seeing just dust or snow.”
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The storm initially began on the West Coast, where it originated California's first tornado of the year.
It moved across the Plains and Midwest over the weekend, creating blizzard conditions at Kansas City International Airport. Drizzle and freezing rain caused crashes across the region from Kansas and Missouri through the Ohio Valley.
Fox Weather contributed to this report.