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Another Arctic Blast in the East; Eastern U.S. Winter Storm

A powerful Arctic blast will bring dangerously cold, record low temperatures to the upper Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, Gulf Coast and Southeast U.S. this weekend. A rapidly deepening storm will produce widespread heavy snow and wind from the southern Appalachians across the Carolinas and southern Virginia into Sunday. Storm-force winds and coastal flooding will be possible along the East Coast. Read More >

BLUE MOUNTAINS (4,000 FT TO 6,000 FT)
 
 DATE                    SATURDAY 01/31/26                       SUNDAY 02/01/26                    
 TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                    4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   
 
 CLOUD COVER        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   FW   SC   SC   SC
 CLOUD COVER (%)    75   75   80   80   70   75   65   65   75   75   65   55   55   25   30   35   45
 TEMPERATURE        36   35   39   43   42   38   37   36   36   36   40   43   41   36   34   33   32
 MAX/MIN TEMP                           44                  35                  44                  30
 WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW    W    W   SW   SW    S
 WIND (MPH)          5    6    6    6    8    8    9    9   10   10    8    6    5    4    3    3    3
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5   20   20   10   10    5    5   10
 PRECIP TYPE                                                           S    S                         
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      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)  7.1  7.2  7.2  6.7  6.2  5.9  5.5  5.5  5.5  5.4  5.3  5.4  5.5  5.4  5.2  5.0  4.8
 
 

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