Sleet and snow began to fall across much of the southern U.S. Thursday and more is expected Friday as the second major winter storm sweeps across the country. Winter Storm Cora is expected to bring between four to six inches of snow between Texas and the Carolinas by Sunday. But parts of Arkansas and Tennessee could see up to eight inches.
That’s because cold air that usually hangs around the North Pole and the Arctic usually stays put. But every now and then that frigid air comes down across the U.S. The snowstorm is expected to be the biggest in years.
Andrew Dessler, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M says there’s no agreement in the scientific community “that climate change is making winter storms more frequent or colder.”…