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October snowstorm set to smash early-season records across the US

October snowstorm set to smash early-season records
October snowstorm set to smash early-season records. Picture: weather.com

In conjunction with the record-challenging cold that is set to surge southward across the central and western United States, another potentially record-setting snowstorm is set to target millions of Americans in the coming days.

This time, the dose of wintry precipitation will target areas much farther south, including some that typically don’t pick up snow until much later in the season.

With this storm coming on the heels of recent winterlike weather that shattered a 115-year-old snowfall record in the Twin Cities, residents across the Plains and Upper Midwest may check their calendars twice to make sure it’s still October.

The next storm is forecast to be one of the most disruptive so far this season for the western and central United States over the coming days. It is projected to bring record-challenging cold and snow, howling winds and even the threat of severe thunderstorms to areas farther east.

The Washington Cascades as well as the mountains across the interior Northwest will be first in line Friday and Friday night as snow expands southward from southern British Columbia.

Those traveling across some of the mountain passes Friday afternoon and night — especially on the eastern-facing slopes of the Washington Cascades and into the northern Rockies — could face dangerous travel conditions as heavy, wet snow falls. As a result, winter storm warnings have been put into effect for the impending weather.

Progressing through the day and into the nighttime hours Friday, snow will continue to expand to the south and east, spreading into Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.

Places such as Great Falls and Helena, Montana, could both potentially be buried under double-digit snowfall totals from late Friday afternoon through Saturday morning before the snow comes to an end.

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