Boston, United States - January 19, 2025 On January 19, 2025, in Boston, New York, USA, @4apredictswx shared a video of lake effect snow hitting the road while driving. The video shows the author driving down a snowy road with heavy snow pouring down and no visible cars ahead,

Heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected around the Deep South as a blast of Arctic air plunges much of the Midwest and the eastern US into a deep freeze.

Portions of Pennsylvania and New York are under a lake-effect snow warning on Tuesday as heavy accumulations are possible.

Because Lake Erie is freezing over with the help of the colder temperatures over the last several days, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz is hopeful this is going to be the end of lake effect snow storms after this round of snow.

A perfect confluence of an Arctic air outbreak and a low-pressure system that pulled in moisture from the Gulf of Mexico brought rare, record snow to the Gulf Coast

Some areas of the U.S. may see temperatures as low as -20 or -30 degrees early next week as arctic air from Siberia rolls in.

As lake effect snow and bitterly cold temperatures impact Western New York, conditions will change rapidly. You can check the latest closings here and follow the latest updates on travel conditions and alerts below.

Record cold temperatures are expected through Thursday for two-thirds of the eastern part of the U.S., and wind chills could be as low as 40-55 degrees below zero in some areas.

Bitter cold temperatures have forced schools to close in the Midwest and winter storm warnings were in effect in eastern states

Winter storm warnings stretched from Texas to Florida on Monday, with heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain expected in the region into Wednesday.

More than 650,000 people in New York and parts of Pennsylvania remain under Lake-Effect Snow Warnings after 14-24 inches of snow already blanketed parts of the region.