A major winter storm is expected to cripple nearly half the country this weekend, as dangerous ice and snow will stretch all the way from Texas to New England. What exactly happens, and where, is still a bit of a mystery.
For the greater Boston area, extremely cold temperatures are certain. But whether more snow is on the horizon is still in flux.
The setup has a huge high-pressure system coming down from Canada. It’s holding all the cold air that will blanket much of the country. While that happens, there’s a giant moisture system coming east from the Pacific. It’s holding all of the precipitation that’s going to run into that cold air…