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Back-to-Back Winter Storms Across the North-Central U.S.; Severe Weather Threat in the Midwest

A late-season winter storm continues to bring heavy snow, significant sleet, and disruptive icing to the Upper Midwest and western Great Lakes into the morning; and will be followed by another storm. Severe thunderstorms continue across the Midwest to the lower Great Lakes through tonight, before bringing a round of freezing rain and sleet Friday morning across northern New England. Read More >

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.AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... IFR to possibly LIFR CIGs tonight as a drizzle sets in after midnight. Some dense fog is possible late tonight into Friday morning. Conditions will quickly improve late Friday morning as southerly winds scour out the low clouds. VFR conditions then likely prevail Friday afternoon through Saturday. Southerly winds gusting around 20-25kt possible each afternoon. A cold front will bring widespread showers and subVFR cigs/vsbys Sunday morning into Sunday afternoon. Drier air and VFR conditions will follow behind the front later Sunday afternoon through early next week. AVIATION...BJL/LFR/KRR Update as of: 850 PM EDT Thu Apr 2 2026

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