Wet, sometimes wild weather forecast in Southeast, showers possible at Super Bowl
Wet and at times wild weather is headed for the southeastern U.S., much of the Midwest and Northeast will continue to enjoy milder temperatures, and there's a chance of rain during the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona.
The National Weather Service has issued several winter weather notices for the Southeast including a winter storm warning for parts of South Carolina, which could see snow, ice and winds gusting to 45 mph.
Other Southeastern states may even see rain mixed with snow.
Here's everything you need to know about this weekend's weather:
Grab the umbrellas, drive safely
Hours leading up to the Super Bowl kickoff could include some wild weather for parts of the U.S.
A slow-moving storm system moved into the Florida Panhandle on Saturday making its way to coastal Georgia by Saturday night, said Bob Larson, senior meteorologist at AccuWeather.
"There'll be thunderstorms that will bring a lot of lightning, potential damaging wind gusts and maybe even an isolated tornado, so severe to potentially violent thunderstorms along that corridor," he said.
Some flooding could occur in South Carolina into Sunday as the storm moved north. In addition to rain, many southeastern states were expected to get a wintry mix, snow, freezing rain and sleet.
The National Weather Service had issued a winter storm warning for parts of South Carolina until Sunday night includes snow and ice with winds gusting to 45 mph. Winter weather advisories were issued lasting until Sunday night for parts of Kentucky (rain and rain-snow mixture), Tennessee (snow), West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, D.C. (snow and ice) and Virginia (snow, sleet, freezing rain).
In the mountains of North Carolina, the National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather warning and advisory, saying there could be snow and sleet accumulations of 4 to 10 inches and wind gusts as high as 40 mph, making travel difficult and threatening to down power lines.
Larson urged residents to keep a close eye on any warnings and watches from the National Weather Service and be ready to hunker down for the worst part of the storms.
Excessive rain forecast
Super Bowl Sunday forecast
Come Sunday, the storm system will move into the Carolinas and reach the Outer Banks by Sunday evening, avoiding any states farther north, Larson said.
"It's going to fade out to sea into the Atlantic," he said.
Elsewhere in the U.S., many of the states that froze through last weekend's arctic blast will continue to see unseasonably warm temperatures over the weekend.
In Boston, highs are expected to hit 51 degrees on Sunday.
In Bangor Maine, it should reach 40 degrees on Sunday,
In New York City, it should hit 48 degrees on Sunday.
In Kansas City, it should hit 55 degrees on Sunday.
In San Antonio, it should hit 72 degrees on Sunday.
As for Super Bowl Sunday, revelers in Glendale, Arizona might see idyllic weather turn into showers during the big game or just after, Larson said.
The high in the Phoenix area Sunday is expected to be in the mid to upper 70s, with the evening chance of rain increasing to 40% and lows expected to dip just below 50.
Speaking of umbrellas, it's unclear whether halftime performer Rihanna is planning on bringing an Umbrella, ella, ella, ella.
National weather radar
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Rain at the Super Bowl? Find out about weekend wet weather forecast
