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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 >

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 DATE                                        SATURDAY 01/31/26                       SUNDAY 02/01/26
 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        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   BK   BK   BK
 CLOUD COVER (%)    80   80   80   75   75   85   75   55   75   70   75   75   65   75   65   55   55
 TEMPERATURE        35   33   34   35   34   33   36   39   39   35   34   34   32   32   33   33   33
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           31                  41                  31                  35
 WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W
 WIND (MPH)          9    9    9    9    9   10    9    8    6    9   10   11   11   11   11   14   11
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)    30   30   10   10    5    0    0    0    5    5   10   10   40   40   60   60   30
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S                                                      S    S    S    S    S
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.06      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.02
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.1
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.7  7.6  7.6  7.3  6.6  5.8  5.9  6.4  6.4  6.0  5.8  5.5  5.5  5.2  5.6  5.7  5.6
 
 

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