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Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Extreme Cold and Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend

Multiple clipper systems will bring cold temperatures and enhance lake-effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes. An arctic blast will bring frigid temperatures accompanied with gusty winds that may lead to dangerous wind chills beginning in the Northern Plains Thursday before expanding to the South and East. An expansive winter storm will start Friday in the Southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South. Read More >

BLUE MOUNTAINS (4,000 FT TO 6,000 FT)
 
 DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 01/21/26                      THURSDAY 01/22/26
 TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                    4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   
 
 CLOUD COVER        SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK   SC   SC   SC
 CLOUD COVER (%)    30   20   25   30   40   40   15   10   10   10   15   30   40   55   50   40   30
 TEMPERATURE        28   24   24   24   23   23   28   32   30   25   24   24   23   22   27   31   29
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           20                  32                  22                  31
 WIND DIR           NE    E   SE   SE    S    S    S    S   SE    S   SW   SW    W    W    W    W   NW
 WIND (MPH)          2    2    2    3    3    3    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 PRECIP TYPE                                                                                          
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  2.8  2.6  2.5  2.3  2.0  1.9  2.7  3.0  2.9  2.5  2.3  2.1  1.9  1.7  1.8  2.3  2.3
 
 

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES --- 
CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN