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Significant Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expands Across the East; Severe Storm Threat in the Gulf States Sunday

A significant winter storm is underway, bringing widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies to New England through Monday. Extremely cold air will follow, prolonging dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts into next week. Severe thunderstorms may produce damaging gusts and tornadoes across the eastern Gulf Coast states Sunday morning and afternoon. Read More >

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.AVIATION /15Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... LIFR to IFR conditions continue through this evening across all terminals with continued wintry precipitation. With an earlier onset of sleet into the picture, all terminals have shifted over to sleet and remain that way through much of the day. Additionally, KCHO will have a greater risk of significant freezing rain mixing into tonight. The freezing rain risk continues at KDCA, KIAD, KBWI, and KMTN tonight, but will likely occur just after 00Z. Precip should largely end by or shortly after 06Z/1am Monday. Plan for travel delays and cancellations that may linger into the first half of next week. Gusty NW winds up to 35 kt are likely Monday behind the departing storm and gusty again Thursday. AVIATION...AVS/BRO/KLW/CJL/CPB Update as of: 1040 AM EST Sun Jan 25 2026

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