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Late January Extreme Cold; Watching East Coast Storm Threat This Weekend

The next blast of Arctic air surges south down the Plains, across the Great Lakes and through the Southeast and East Friday through Saturday. This could be longest duration of cold in several decades. Forecast models are being closely monitored for potential of another significant winter storm to impact the eastern United States this coming weekend. Confidence in coastal impacts has increased. Read More >

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 DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 01/28/26                      THURSDAY 01/29/26
 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   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
 CLOUD COVER (%)    90   90   85   70   80   85   75   80   85   85   90   85   85   85   80   80   80
 TEMPERATURE        31   28   27   25   23   23   26   28   30   29   29   29   28   30   31   33   34
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           22                  30                  27                  35
 WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW
 WIND (MPH)         11   13   13   13   13   11   11   10    8    9   10   11   12   11   10    9    8
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)    30   70   50   20   30   30   40   40   30   40   80   80   70   70   50   50   40
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.07      0.11      0.04      0.04      0.05      0.13      0.12      0.02
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.6       1.3       0.6       0.5       0.5       1.1       0.9       0.1
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  4.7  4.8  4.8  4.4  4.1  4.2  4.9  5.2  5.3  5.2  5.2  5.2  5.2  5.4  5.6  6.3  6.8
 
 

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