WEATHER

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — A major, complex storm system is expected to unfold from Sunday into Monday, bringing a rare combination of weather hazards across the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Northeast. Forecast guidance shows the system rapidly intensifying as it moves northeast, producing blizzard conditions, dangerous freezing rain, damaging winds, and even isolated tornado activity in…

GREAT LAKES REGION — A rapidly intensifying storm system is in its early stages of development and is forecast to “bomb out” over the Great Lakes by Sunday evening, bringing widespread, high-impact winter weather to the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region. Forecast data indicates blizzard conditions, damaging winds, and significant snowfall, with the most…

INDIANA — Forecasters are warning that severe weather is possible Sunday afternoon and evening across large portions of the Ohio Valley and Midwest, with damaging winds and a limited tornado threat as the primary concerns. The Storm Prediction Center’s Severe Weather Outlook for Sunday, December 28, 2025, highlights a broad risk area stretching from the…

NEW ENGLAND AND NORTHEAST — A potentially significant ice storm is forecast to develop on Monday, December 29, impacting large portions of Upstate New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, western Maine, and nearby areas of Quebec and southeastern Ontario. Forecast models show a classic overrunning setup, raising concerns for dangerous to impossible travel, power outages, and…

ILLINOIS AND MIDWEST — A developing storm system is prompting the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) to issue a Day 1 Marginal Risk for severe weather across a broad stretch of the central and eastern Midwest, extending from eastern Missouri through Illinois and into western Ohio. The outlook, valid late Sunday into early Monday, highlights the…

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — A developing late December winter storm is drawing growing attention from meteorologists as forecast models indicate a sharp snowfall gradient across Illinois, with significantly heavier snow totals possible north of Chicago while much of central and southern Illinois may see little to no accumulation. The latest high-resolution guidance highlights a storm track…

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Federal forecasters are warning that a powerful late December winter storm is expected to rapidly intensify beginning Sunday, bringing heavy snow, hazardous ice, whiteout conditions, and dangerously cold wind chills across Illinois, the Great Lakes, and into the Northeast through Monday. The Weather Prediction Center (WPC) has begun issuing Key Messages highlighting…

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — A powerful winter weather system continues to affect Massachusetts and nearby Southern New England, even as the primary snow band begins shifting offshore. Meteorologists say rounds two and three of snow bands are now lining up, supported by lingering frontogenesis, with the most persistent snowfall expected to continue through the I-95 corridor…

NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT — A strengthening winter storm is moving into the region Friday night, bringing a period of steady to heavy snowfall across large portions of New York and Connecticut that is expected to continue into Saturday morning. Forecast data shows several areas, including parts of southern New York and central to northern…

Massachusetts — A developing winter weather system is spreading across the state late Friday night into Saturday morning, bringing accumulating snow with sharply varying totals depending on location, as dry air continues to push back against the system from the north. Forecasters say the evolving setup will lead to narrow snow bands, creating notable differences…