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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 >

12-hour helicity forecast

 

Figure 12: ETA 12 Hour Forecast of Surface to 3 kilometer Helicity
and Boundary Layer Wind valid 1200 UTC May 12, 1997.

 

18-hour helicity forecast

 

Figure 13: ETA 18 Hour Forecast of Surface to 3 kilometer Helicity
and Boundary Layer Wind valid 1800 UTC May 12, 1997.