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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 >

A chance of flurries continues for the remainder of today. Friday night into Saturday morning will see bitter cold return, with wind chills as low as -10 to -15 F. A low chance of measurable snowfall (>= .1 inches) exists Saturday night into Sunday morning, before warming temperatures return early next week.