Daily briefing: Winter storm heads East

A sloppy winter storm will roll across the East today, bringing snow, rain and a wintry mix. A cold Tuesday is ahead for much of the Midwest and South, too.

The WeatherRadar shows a winter storm zipping across the East today. It will bring heavy rain to the Southeast, with a few embedded thunderstorms, while wet snow falls from the Ohio Valley into the Northeast.

The I-95 corridor from Washington to Boston will be right on the line between rain and a wet snow. A couple inches of snow will be possible further inland from the Great Lakes and the Appalachians into the Hudson Valley and interior New England.

Behind the winter storm, arctic air will spread out of the Dakotas into the South and Midwest. The TemperatureRadar shows afternoon highs barely climbing into the 20s in Chicago, Indianapolis and Milwaukee.

To the south, highs will barely climb above freezing in Nashville while St. Louis, Cincinnati and Louisville, Ky., struggle to reach 30 degrees today. The rest of the South will be in the 40s and 50s, with Florida being in the 70s and 80s.

The Mountain West will have to contend with its own wintry weather today. A clipper system will bring high-elevation snow before it slides out into the Dakotas later today. A quick dusting is likely, with a few higher elevation spots receiving a couple of inches of snow.

The West Coast and the Southwest will be quiet and chilly. Highs across the Southwest and California will only be in the 60s, even with bright sunshine, with the Great Basin being in the 40s and 50s. The Northwest will be in the 40s today as clouds and showers linger.

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