Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Winter Storm for the South; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Arctic air will filter south and east through early this week. As this cold air moves across the South, a rare winter storm is forecast to develop from Texas, Gulf Coast States into the Southeast through early this week. Several new daily record low temperatures are expected, including new record-low maximum temperatures. For Southern California, fire weather concerns increase this week. Read More >

January 19-20, 2019
Ice and Snow Winter Storm

A potent low pressure system tracked east from the Rocky Mountains into the Tennessee Valley before pivoting into the Tri-State area early on Jan 19. The upper level jet dynamics of the atmosphere coincident with a very strong thermal gradient allowed for a sustained winter storm that produced a diverse range of weather from rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, and blowing snow across the Ohio Valley.