INDIANA — A dangerous blast of Arctic air is gripping central and southern Indiana, bringing life-threatening wind chills as low as −20°F to −25°F from late Tuesday night through midday Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Officials warn that frostbite could occur in as little as 30 minutes, even faster with prolonged exposure or…
UNITED STATES — NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center (WPC) has issued an updated outlook highlighting central and eastern North Carolina, eastern Virginia, the Eastern Shore, parts of eastern New Jersey, and sections of New England as the regions with the greatest threat for heavy snowfall from a developing winter storm expected this weekend. Forecast confidence continues…
UNITED STATES — A developing winter weather pattern is drawing increased attention across South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia, where forecasters say confidence is gradually rising that a weekend system could favor snow, even as critical details remain uncertain several days out. Forecast guidance issued Tuesday shows a concentrated corridor of higher probabilities for at…
UNITED STATES — Nearly 500,000 people across the Deep South remain without electricity after a major winter storm unleashed widespread icing, downed power lines, and crippled infrastructure across multiple states. While restoration efforts continue, dangerous cold temperatures and lingering ice are keeping conditions hazardous for affected communities. Widespread Power Outages Stretch Across the Deep South The…
KENTUCKY — A wave of loud nighttime booms reported across parts of Kentucky this week has left many residents startled and searching for answers, but meteorologists say the cause is not seismic or supernatural. Instead, the sounds are being linked to a rare cold-weather phenomenon known as frost quakes, triggered by a rapid Arctic temperature…
UNITED STATES — A major cold outbreak is expected to spread across most of the country over the next seven days, with nearly 80 percent of the Lower 48 population forecast to experience overnight temperatures at or below freezing (32°F), according to population-weighted temperature data. The cold pattern is expansive, reaching from the northern Plains…
NORTH CAROLINA & VIRGINIA — Confidence is increasing that a winter weather system will bring snow and disruptive travel conditions to parts of North Carolina and Virginia this weekend, particularly from Saturday into Saturday night, according to the latest meteorological guidance. While exact snowfall totals are still uncertain, multiple forecast signals now point toward a…
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA — The potential for a late-weekend storm system to develop along the East Coast does exist, but forecast confidence remains high that winter impacts across western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and northern West Virginia will be limited. According to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, the probability of minor winter impacts in the region…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The winter storm that shut down the Washington, D.C. region on Sunday was not exceptional simply because of how much precipitation fell, but because of what fell and how cold it was when it fell. Data from snowfall and sleet accumulation reports show this storm behaved very differently from a standard Mid-Atlantic…
MISSOURI & ILLINOIS — A powerful weekend winter storm left behind a narrow but intense snowfall corridor across eastern Missouri and southern Illinois, where preliminary data show widespread 8 to 11 inches of snow and isolated totals exceeding 12 inches, according to compiled National Weather Service reports. The heaviest snow fell along and just south…