Prolonged Extreme Cold; Eastern U.S. Winter Storm

A powerful Arctic blast will bring dangerously cold, record low temperatures to the Gulf Coast, upper Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast U.S. into this weekend. A rapidly deepening storm centered just off the North Carolina coast Friday night through Saturday night will produce widespread heavy snow and wind from the southern Appalachians across the Carolinas and southern Virginia. Read More >

Cold Continues Late Week, then Gradual Warming

A Cold Week

It will remain bitter cold to close out the week. However, a gradual warming trend ensues this weekend and peaks next week with some areas climbing above the freezing mark for the first time in nearly two weeks! There will also be a couple of light snow chances with the first on Friday afternoon along and mainly east of the Mississippi River, and the second on Sunday for much of the area.

The winter storm of January 21st pulled down arctic air into the Midwest. Reinforcing shots of arctic air from additional systems took a well above normal January to below normal in just 7 days. There is a 33-40% probability that below normal temperatures will persist into the first half of February.

Prolonged Extreme Cold; Eastern U.S. Winter Storm

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