WEATHER

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA — A major winter storm is expected to develop this weekend and continue into Monday, bringing the potential for significant snowfall totals of 8 inches or more across portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, while moderate accumulations extend southward into Iowa and northern Illinois. Forecast mapping highlights a broad swath of heavy snow…

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON — A strong Pacific storm system is set to impact the Pacific Northwest and southwestern Canada tonight, prompting a wide array of weather alerts across Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. Radar and alert mapping show widespread advisories and warnings stretching from Vancouver Island and Victoria south through Seattle, Portland, and inland toward Yakima,…

PHOENIX, ARIZONA — A powerful and potentially record-breaking 500mb heat dome is forecast to establish itself over the Western United States beginning late this weekend before expanding eastward through next week, placing multiple states at risk for historic March temperatures. Forecast ensemble guidance shows a deeply amplified ridge centered over California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado,…

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA — A sharp atmospheric setup developing along and northwest of the I-95 corridor could trigger a brief but intense burst of snow Thursday as rain rapidly flips to snow across parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Maryland. Forecast guidance highlights a strong 700mb frontogenesis signature, a classic signal for narrow bands…

HOUSTON, TEXAS — A renewed round of severe weather is unfolding from the Gulf Coast to the Mid-Atlantic, with forecasters warning that damaging winds, large hail, and a few strong tornadoes are possible through this evening. The threat zone stretches from Texas and Mississippi northeastward through Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and into Washington DC,…

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI — The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued a Mesoscale Discussion (#222) for parts of Mississippi, highlighting a developing severe weather setup over the next 2 to 3 hours. Forecasters indicate an isolated, marginal severe threat is possible this afternoon, with the potential for more organized severe storms later this evening, particularly across…

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — A powerful and potentially historic March heat wave is setting up across Utah and the broader Southwest United States, with forecast models signaling temperatures running 25 to 30 degrees above normal between March 17 and March 21. The developing ridge of high pressure could push widespread 80s and even 90s…

DENVER, COLORADO — A powerful upper-level ridge building across the western and central United States could send temperatures soaring to near-record or even record-breaking levels across Colorado between Wednesday, March 18 and Saturday, March 21. Forecast ensemble guidance suggests that all-time March temperature records may be in play statewide as a significant “blowtorch” pattern develops…

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — A powerful cold front that brought tornadoes and melon-sized hail in Illinois is now racing across the Mid-Atlantic, setting up a rare and dramatic weather reversal from near 80-degree warmth to heavy, wet snow — possibly with thunder and lightning — within 24 hours. Forecast guidance for Thursday, March 12,…

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — The nation’s capital experienced a dramatic weather reversal Wednesday as temperatures surged to a record 85–86 degrees, triggering evening thunderstorms and tornado warnings, before forecasters warned of a plunge into the 30s by Thursday with the potential for wet snow mixing with cold rain. The projected 24-hour temperature change of…