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A Couple of Fast Moving Storms Affecting Areas Along and East of the Rockies

A couple of storm systems will impact travel conditions through the first half of this weekend. Heavy snow from the mountains of the West will move into the upper Midwest and upper Great Lakes through tonight. Record warmth and Gulf moisture along and east of the Mississippi River will fuel severe thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, fog for the Tennessee Valley and deep South on Friday into Saturday. Read More >

TAM MCARTHUR RIM
 
 DATE                    THURSDAY 01/08/26                       FRIDAY 01/09/26                    
 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        BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK
 CLOUD COVER (%)    65   60   60   60   70   70   85   85   60   60   50   35   45   35   45   50   50
 TEMPERATURE        15   14   17   20   20   20   21   21   20   21   28   32   30   27   26   27   27
 MAX/MIN TEMP                           22                  18                  32                  25
 WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW    S    S   SW    S    S    S    S
 WIND (MPH)         17   14   13   13   12   11   10    9    9    9    9    8    6   11   13   14   14
 WIND GUST (MPH)    34                                                                                
 PRECIP PROB (%)    70   40   60   60   40   20   10   10    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S                                                       
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.10      0.06      0.02      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 6 HOUR SNOW                 1.6       1.0       0.2       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)  1.5  1.4  1.9  2.5  2.8  3.0  3.2  3.3  3.4  3.4  3.7  4.5  4.5  4.3  4.3  4.2  4.0
 
 

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