Spring Weather Hazards Across the U.S. Thursday

Gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring critical fire weather to the central and southern Plains and south Texas Thursday. Widespread high winds will continue to impact the interior Northwest, northern Plains, and Upper Midwest Thursday. A storm tracking across the northern Plains, Great Lakes and into the Northeast U.S. will bring heavy snow and gusty winds Thursday into Saturday. Read More >

Pre-Duty Controller Weather Briefing

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.AVIATION /07Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... Southwesterly winds may gust 20-25 kt through this evening. Where winds may be a little calmer at BWI/MTN, low level wind shear may be present. As the cold front approaches, a larger area of showers will likely cross the area from late tonight through mid Thursday afternoon. MVFR conditions will likely develop east of the Blue Ridge Thursday morning as the shower coverage expands. Precipitation could end briefly as a rain/snow mix, so have added a RASN mix into the latest TAFs to illustrate that. There could even be brief period of pure snow, but confidence too low at any of the TAF sites to include that at this time. The front will also bring a sharp wind shift to the northwest, with peak gusts up to 35 kt Thursday morning. Lingering gusts through the afternoon will subside with sunset. Expect largely VFR conditions on Friday into Saturday. The bigger story will be the gusty southwesterly winds on Friday ahead of another strong cold front. Gusts around 25 to 30 knots are expected before winds shift to west-northwesterly Friday night into Saturday and decrease throughout the day. Strong cdfnt forecast to cross the area Monday with showers and possible thunderstorms and gusty winds in both the pre-frontal and post- frontal environment. AVIATION...ADS/LFR/CJL Update as of: 405 AM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026