Weather Saturday Jan 13 2024 rain ends NE bitter cold midsection NE arctic front Sunday

...Heavy snow from the Great Lakes to the Northeast and from theCascades/Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Central Rockies......There is a Slight Risk of excessive rainfall from the northernMid-Atlantic to Southern New England on Friday and over parts of thePacific Northwest to Northern California on Saturday......There is a Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of theCentral Gulf Coast, Southeast, and southern Mid-Atlantic...A major winter storm over the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley will movenortheastward into Eastern Canada by Saturday. The conditions willdeteriorate rapidly on Friday in the Midwest as heavy snow continues tospread across the Upper Midwest. Snowfall rates of 1 to locally 2 inchesper hour will lead to hazardous travel conditions over much of the region.