Author: Olivia Frost

MICHIGAN — A significant freezing rain and ice storm is expected to impact much of Michigan beginning early Friday, December 26, 2025, and continuing into Saturday, creating dangerous travel conditions, widespread icing on roads, and potential power disruptions across the state. Forecast data shows freezing rain accumulating on untreated surfaces, particularly across central and southeastern…

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — Southern California is facing a rapidly escalating flash flood emergency after a powerful storm system dumped widespread, heavy rainfall across the region, triggering dangerous flooding, mandatory evacuations, and heightened mudslide risks, particularly in wildfire burn-scar areas. Weather data and rainfall maps show that while some locations narrowly missed worst-case forecasts, rainfall…

NEW YORK – A developing winter storm system is drawing close attention across New York, Connecticut, and parts of the Northeast, with meteorologists warning that Friday into Saturday (December 26–27, 2025) could bring a narrow but potentially intense band of snowfall, mixed precipitation, and rapidly changing conditions. Forecast data and scenario maps indicate that cold…

CONNECTICUT — A Tuesday morning snow event is expected to move across Connecticut as a warm front approaches the region, bringing light accumulations, slick early travel, and improving conditions by midday, according to the latest forecast analysis and snowfall mapping. Forecasters expect most of the state to see 1–2 inches of snow, particularly across interior…

UNITED STATES — A newly released 2025 Tornado Warning Heat Map offers a striking look at where severe weather threats were most concentrated across the country this year, revealing that Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, and large portions of the Midwest experienced the highest density of tornado warnings nationwide. Compiled through mid-December 2025, the data…

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — Weather models are increasingly converging on a potentially high-impact Pacific storm that could affect large portions of California, Oregon, and Washington between December 23 and December 24, just ahead of Christmas Eve. Forecasters say confidence is growing as multiple model runs now align with what long-range guidance has been signaling for…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The District of Columbia officially marks the Winter Solstice on Sunday at 10:03 a.m. Eastern Time, signaling the shortest day and longest night of the year for the Northern Hemisphere. On this date, the nation’s capital receives just 9 hours, 26 minutes, and 18 seconds of daylight, the lowest total of the…

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK — A fast-moving Alberta clipper system is expected to sweep across parts of the Northeast United States early Tuesday, December 23, bringing light snowfall and minor travel impacts across portions of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Southern New England. While the system is not expected to be a major…

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA — Christmas Day across Alabama is shaping up to feel more like early fall than late December, as forecast models continue to indicate afternoon high temperatures reaching or exceeding 70 degrees statewide. In some cities, highs may approach levels normally reserved for record books, raising the possibility of near-record or record-breaking warmth on…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Washington, D.C. metro region, including Maryland and Northern Virginia, is heading into Christmas week with unseasonably warm temperatures, continuing a mild pattern that stands in sharp contrast to earlier December conditions. Forecast data shows rain chances dominating the outlook, with little to no snowfall expected through Christmas Day and beyond. Meteorologists…