ILLINOIS — New ice data for January 8, 2026 shows below-average ice cover across the Great Lakes, with the system sitting at 11% total ice coverage, well under the long-term seasonal average of 15%. The numbers highlight a slow start to winter ice development across lakes bordering Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois,…
UNITED STATES — A broad swath of the central and eastern United States is under a Marginal Risk for severe storms as forecast models continue to lock in a dynamic weather setup stretching from the southern Plains into the mid-Mississippi Valley and lower Ohio Valley late Thursday into Friday, according to the Storm Prediction Center…
MISSISSIPPI — A strengthening cold front moving east on Friday is expected to trigger severe thunderstorms and a growing flash flooding threat across Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, and northern Louisiana, placing much of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Mid-South in an active and potentially dangerous weather setup. Forecast data shows the region entering a transition zone…
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA — A historic chapter in Alaska’s weather records has officially closed after Fairbanks International Airport recorded a low temperature of -11°F, ending an extraordinary cold spell that now ranks among the longest extreme freezes in the city’s documented history. According to data from the National Weather Service Fairbanks, the region just experienced 33…
TEXAS – A Day 1 Marginal Risk for severe weather has been issued by the Storm Prediction Center for parts of west and northwest Texas, extending into southwest and central Oklahoma, signaling a low-end but noteworthy severe setup as the broader winter pattern continues to shift across the central United States. This setup is not…
OHIO VALLEY — After days of unseasonably warm weather, attention is now shifting back toward a more wintry setup across Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky, where forecast models are increasingly highlighting a classic transition-zone scenario. This region sits directly between advancing arctic air from the north and a more active southern storm track — a setup…
CHICAGO — After an unusually warm stretch that pushed temperatures far above normal across much of the Midwest and East Coast, winter is preparing to reassert itself. New atmospheric signals show arctic air rebuilding and sliding back into the eastern United States, setting the stage for a colder and potentially stormier pattern heading into the…
UNITED STATES — A rare and intense January warm surge is setting up across a large portion of the United States, with forecast data showing record-threatening warmth spreading from the Midwest through the Ohio Valley and into parts of the East Coast late this week. Temperature anomaly maps indicate that several states — including Illinois,…
UNITED STATES — After a relatively quiet start to January, a much more active and potentially dangerous weather pattern is taking shape across the central and southeastern United States as the first notable severe weather threat of 2026 begins to unfold. Forecast models and outlooks indicate that a strong storm system will impact a wide…
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES — After a brief quiet stretch, a potent storm system is expected to re-energize weather conditions across the Southeast late this week, bringing heavy rainfall, strong to locally severe thunderstorms, and a growing risk of flash flooding from Mississippi and Alabama into Tennessee, Georgia, and parts of the Carolinas by Friday, January…