The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Snow, rain brings messy start to 2025 before frigid air arrives
Today's top weather news for Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024: Millions of people face threats of rain and snow as 2025 begins before a blast of frigid air sends temperatures tumbling.
Weather in America: December 31, 2024
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Craig Herrera.
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Times Square revelers face soggy start to 2025
Millions of people from coast to coast are facing the possibility of rain and snow, which could lead to a messy start to 2025.
The FOX Forecast Center says a system moving across the U.S. will bring snow to the northern Plains, Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region, while cold rain will drench Chicago before impacting the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York City.
This graphic shows the New Year's Eve forecast on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024.
Blast of arctic air to invade US as 2025 begins
Winter's grip will return to half of the U.S. this week as a rush of arctic air descends, plunging temperatures from well above average to nearly 30 degrees below average for some.
"We're talking about a big, big cool down, to say the least, especially for places up and down the East Coast as we head into really the first few weeks of January," FOX Weather Meteorologist Kendall Smith said.
Temperature outlook for the second week of January.
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Feet of snow expected in Great Lakes region as US rings in 2025
Parts of the Great Lakes region can expect to see several feet of snow to start the new year.
Many communities along Lakes Erie and Ontario are under Winter Storm Watches from Wednesday through the end of the week. Much of western and northern New York could see anywhere from 3 inches to 3 feet of snow as frigid air begins to make its way in from Canada.
This graphic shows the forecast snow totals through Sunday, Jan, 5, 2025.
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Watch: Mississippi city mourns teen killed when tree crashed into home during severe weather
Several people were killed when tornadoes and severe weather tore across the South over the weekend, impacting communities from Texas to North Carolina.
One of those losses was TyKeria Rogers, an 18-year-old from Natchez, Mississippi. Rogers died when a tree fell onto her home Saturday during the severe weather outbreak.
Mississippi community mourns loss of teen killed during weekend storms
TyKeria Rogers died when a tree fell on her home in Natchez, Mississippi. Natchez Mayor Dan M. Gibson joins FOX Weather to give an update on how the community and TyKeria's family is navigating such a devastating loss after the storms.
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