Widespread rainfall forecasts will quickly form and spread to the central - southern states from February 13 to February 14, before affecting the east on February 15" - the US National Weather Service (NWS) stated in its latest weather forecast bulletin.
Senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski of AccuWeather also shares the same opinion. He said that a major storm is forming at the weekend, right on Valentine's Day, affecting the central and eastern regions of the United States.
According to Mr. Sosnowski, snow and ice may appear on the northern edge of the storm. However, a greater concern is heavy rain and strong thunderstorms expected to affect the central southern and southeastern regions of the United States.
The US National Weather Service also expressed concern and has placed some areas at marginal risk of heavy rain causing flooding, especially concentrated in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
According to forecasters from this agency, more and more forecasts show the possibility of moderate to heavy rain in the southern plains extending to the Mississippi River valley from January 13-14. 2.
Meanwhile, the Storm Prediction Center, the unit monitoring extreme weather phenomena such as tornadoes, warned of the risk of mild severe weather that may occur from the evening of February 13 to February 14 in some areas of Texas, then spread to the downstream Mississippi River and Deep South from the night of February 14 to February 15.
According to AccuWeather, the storm may bring about 25-100mm of rainfall in some areas of Texas and Oklahoma, then extend to Georgia and 2 Carolina states in the period from February 13-15. 2. The storm is expected to start from the delta states on February 13 and gradually spread eastward to the Southern Appalachians throughout the weekend.
The US National Weather Service's storm bulletin also noted the possibility of snowfall in the central Atlantic and northeastern US regions this weekend.
As the storm moves through the southeast area and may move along the east coast, some areas north of the storm center are likely to experience snow or frost, stretching from the mid-Atlantic to the northeast.
However, due to the lack of strong enough cold air mass, forecasters believe that the reliability of details of developments and the level of impact is still low.
