CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA — Brief Warm-Up Ends With the Coldest Air of the Season, After a short stretch of milder weather this weekend, North Carolina and South Carolina are bracing for a sharp turn back to winter. Forecast maps for early Monday morning show an arctic blast plunging temperatures into the teens across much of…
TEXAS — Deep Freeze Early in the Week, Then a Big Warm-Up by Christmas, The Deep South is staring at two very different weather stories in the run-up to Christmas. First comes a sharp plunge into the deep freeze on Sunday and Monday, followed by a powerful pattern flip that sends temperatures well above normal…
VIRGINIA — Winter Weather Advisory Targets Central Blue Ridge and Nelson County on Friday, A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for parts of Virginia’s central Blue Ridge and Nelson County as a round of accumulating snow moves in on Friday, December 12, 2025. The advisory, posted by the National Weather Service office in Baltimore/Washington,…
ILLINOIS — NOAA Flags Widespread Hazardous Cold From Midwest to Southeast in Mid-December, A new Day 3–7 U.S. Hazards Outlook from the Weather Prediction Center highlights a broad zone of hazardous cold stretching from the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes through the Ohio Valley and into the Southeast between December 14 and 15, 2025. States…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fast-Moving Arctic Front to Sweep Down East Coast With Burst of Snow, A sharp arctic front is expected to race across the East Coast on Sunday, bringing a quick but impactful burst of snow from Washington D.C. to Boston. Forecasters say the strongest impacts are likely along the urban and coastal corridor,…
NEW ENGLAND — Late-December Pattern Limits Big Warm-Up for the Far Northeast, While a large part of the United States is gearing up for a noticeable warm-up heading into Christmas, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine are expected to miss out on any major or long-lasting “torch” pattern. New forecast maps for the period around…
ILLINOIS — A Rapid Temperature Surge Is Set to Hit the Midwest Ahead of Christmas, A major warm-up is expected across Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan just days before Christmas, raising the likelihood that much of the region’s snowpack may melt away. Temperature anomaly maps for December 22 show widespread warming across the central United…
TEXAS — Southern Plains Preparing for a Rapid Drop in Temperatures Ahead of Christmas, A major pattern shift is taking aim at the Southern Plains, setting up a sudden and significant temperature crash across Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas just days before Christmas. After a stretch of milder conditions, a strong cold front is forecast to…
NEW YORK — NOAA’s Latest Outlook Shows the Northeast Staying Locked in a Colder-Than-Normal Pattern Through December 23 New temperature outlooks from NOAA show a clear signal for continued cold across New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, with below-average temperatures projected well into the second half of December. While…
MINNESOTA — Northern Plains Brace for One of the Coldest Temperature Drops of the Season, A powerful Arctic surge is set to sweep across the Northern Plains, bringing life-threatening cold to Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota. Forecasts show temperatures falling as low as –27°F near the Minnesota–Iowa–South Dakota border early Sunday, marking the…