WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA — A long-anticipated band of heavier snow moved directly over Wake County late Saturday night, rapidly increasing snowfall rates across Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Garner, Morrisville, and Wake Forest, with several inches accumulating in a short period of time. Radar imagery confirms that this is the core snow band forecasters had been…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — The stretch of bitter winter cold continued across New York City on Saturday, with Central Park recording a high of just 24°F and a morning low of 10°F, well below late-January averages. While the cold remained firmly in place through the weekend, forecasters say temperatures will slowly moderate as the…
MINNESOTA — A fresh coating of light snow is expected to spread across eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin overnight into Sunday, with breezy winds increasing the risk of blowing snow and reduced visibility, particularly in open and rural areas. According to the National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen office, several hours of light snowfall will impact…
NORTH DAKOTA / MINNESOTA — Winter weather impacts are expected across eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota today as light snowfall combines with gusty winds, creating low visibility, blowing snow, and occasional near-whiteout conditions, especially in open and rural areas. According to the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks, a Winter Weather Advisory remains…
SOUTH CAROLINA — Dangerous travel conditions are rapidly developing across large portions of western and central North Carolina and upstate South Carolina tonight as temperatures plunge well below freezing, strong winds continue, and any remaining wet or slushy roads freeze solid shortly after sunset. Weather officials are urging residents to avoid unnecessary travel, warning that…
UNITED STATES — As winter storms continue to impact large portions of the country, one of the most misunderstood aspects of snowfall forecasting is snow-to-liquid ratio, often referred to as SLR. While many people assume colder temperatures automatically mean heavier snow, the reality is more nuanced — and understanding SLR helps explain why some storms…
PENNSYLVANIA — An intense Arctic outbreak tightened its grip on the Upper Ohio Valley on January 31, delivering historic cold temperatures across western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio and pushing multiple cities to record-breaking lows not seen in decades. According to data released by the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, the city of Pittsburgh plunged to…
VIRGINIA — A developing winter storm continues to impact parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast tonight, with snowfall ongoing across portions of Virginia, the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore, and northeastern North Carolina before gradually tapering off by Sunday morning. Updated guidance and real-time observations indicate that snowfall totals have trended lower than earlier projections across…
TENNESSEE — A powerful late-January winter storm exceeded expectations across East Tennessee, producing a memorable snowfall event for communities east of Interstate 81 and delivering some of the highest totals of the season across the Tennessee Valley and southern Appalachians. According to combined NWS Local Storm Reports, COOP observations, and CoCoRaHS data, snowfall totals surged…
UNITED STATES — A dangerous and unusually persistent Arctic air mass remains entrenched across the eastern half of the country, keeping brutally cold temperatures locked in through at least Monday night and pushing the region into what forecasters describe as one of the longest extreme cold stretches in decades for parts of the East and…