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Another round of snowstorms will spread from the western US to the northeast beginning on Thursday and continuing through Saturday.
Here’s your forecast, plus how the woes of an extended winter on top of the coronavirus lockdown are leading to stress, depression, vitamin deficiencies, and even hair loss.
The calendar may read spring, but old man winter is delivering at least one more widespread snowstorm that will span from the West to the East on Thursday through Saturday bringing a significant accumulation to some areas.
In the West on Thursday, a large swath of snow will fall over Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado.
In the nation’s midsection, snow is forecast over South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois.
The National Weather Service has issued an advisory for heavy snowfall over portions of central Colorado for areas west of Denver, as well as central and western Nebraska, southern Iowa, northern Missouri and west-central Illinois.
Mixed precipitation with the potential for snowfall on Thursday is forecast over the northern areas of Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, as well as southern Wisconsin and Michigan.
A wintry mix is also forecast over the entireties of Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and eastern Massachusetts.
On Friday, larger amounts of accumulation are forecasted over Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
As many Americans are already stressed and depressed enough being under stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus pandemic, a winter that just won’t quit is adding to an overall feeling of despair.
A lack of exposure to sunshine can lead to a deficiency of vitamin D, as the body naturally makes vitamin D when your skin is exposed to sunlight.
People are already taking vitamin D supplements to make up for the lack of being able to be outdoors more and now continual gloomy winter weather is only further obscuring sunlight
Stress from being cooped up indoors during the winter is very commonplace. One byproduct of stress can be hair loss.
There are three types of hair loss that are related to stress, according to the Mayo Clinic, they are: telogen effluvium, trichotillomania and alopecia areata.
Stress-related hair loss doesn’t have to be permanent and getting stress under control might enable hair to grow back.
In addition to trying to lower your stress, taking vitamins for hair loss can help give your body the nutrients it needs to recover.
