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Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heavy Rain & Isolated Severe Thunderstorms in Southern California

Snow squalls are likely to cross the Lower Great Lakes this evening and the Ohio Valley through the interior Northeast/northern Mid-Atlantic overnight, before potentially reaching the I-95 corridor from D.C. to New York City early New Year’s Day morning. Heavy rain and isolated severe thunderstorms will impact coastal southern California including Los Angeles tonight into early on New Year's Day. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 6:30:26 am CST

Above normal temperatures and dry conditions are forecast for the first day of 2026.
Rain chances are increasing late Thursday night into Friday, with a low to medium chance across much of eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas from 12 am to 6 pm Friday. A few locales may see rainfall totals up to a quarter of an inch.
Above normal temperatures, reduced afternoon relative humidities and increased southerly winds will combine to raise fire weather concerns on Sunday. Rainfall on Friday may locally impact fuels. Continue to monitor forecasts as the upcoming weekend approaches.
December 2025 ended well above normal temperature-wise and well below normal precipitation-wise for Tulsa, Fort Smith and Fayetteville. All three sites set all-time record highs for the month on the 27th and Fort Smith and Fayetteville both finished with their record driest Decembers on record.
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