Some 69 million people are under wind alerts from New England to the Carolinas through Friday as a powerful storm system brings more high winds across the Northeast and Great as it moves off the U.S.
At least six people were killed and thousands were left without power in a powerful Wednesday storm that saw thunderstorms rumble in the East, tornadoes touch down in the South, blizzards in the Great Plains and fire conditions in Texas.
Wind advisories are in place for Boston and New York from Thursday evening to Friday evening, with gusts around 50 mph possible. In Washington D.C. a wind advisory is in place from 8 a.m. to midnight with gusts of 55 mph predicted.
On Thursday, a Pacific storm system will move over California, bringing snow to higher elevations and rain to lower elevations, according to the National Weather Service.
To the eastern U.S., colder and drier air will arrive that could lead to additional rainfall. That will be followed by colder temperatures and snow showers, and several inches of lake-enhanced snowfall downwind of the Great Lakes and into the central and northern Appalachians Thursday and Friday.
To the south, winds along with low humidity and dry fuels will result in increased fire risk for western Texas and most of New Mexico through Friday. A second area at risk for possible fires is on the Florida peninsula.