Author: Avery Hughes

TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA — Short-range forecast guidance continues to refine a high-impact winter storm expected to unfold from Friday night through Sunday, with very different hazards developing across Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, and North Texas. While colder northern areas remain locked into snow, locations farther south face a prolonged sleet and ice event driven by…

PENNSYLVANIA — A rare and potentially historic winter storm pattern is taking shape across Pennsylvania this weekend, with meteorologists warning that the state may be on the doorstep of its most impactful winter storm setup in decades. Recent storm data collection has triggered a significant shift toward a stronger, more northerly storm track, dramatically increasing…

UNITED STATES — A developing storm system set to impact the southern United States this weekend is showing extraordinary temperature contrasts across Alabama, creating a razor-thin margin between ice and rain as the system evolves Sunday afternoon into Sunday night. New data collected Wednesday evening from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter mission sampling the Pacific portion…

UNITED STATES — A developing winter storm expected to unfold from Saturday evening through early Monday morning is showing a significant northward shift, increasing the risk of heavy snow, ice accumulation, and prolonged winter impacts across portions of the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic, based on the latest model guidance issued January 21. Forecasters emphasize that…

Midwestern and Eastern United States — The latest EURO and GFS model runs are now largely aligned on the development of a very heavy late-January snowstorm, with differences focusing on where the heaviest snowfall band ultimately sets up rather than whether the storm occurs at all. The data clearly shows a high-impact winter storm scenario,…

Ohio — Forecast data is increasingly signaling that Ohio is moving into the center of a potential major winter storm, as a northward shift in the storm track places the state firmly in the crosshairs for significant snowfall late Saturday through Sunday, January 25–26, 2026. The latest trend highlights bigger snow totals moving north, bringing…

Kentucky — The latest forecast trend indicates a developing winter weather system that is expected to start with widespread snow on Saturday, followed by a transition toward sleet and freezing rain on Sunday, January 26, 2026. The most important signal in the data shows the freezing rain and sleet line pushing deeper into Kentucky, changing…

UNITED STATES — After the winter storm exits the region, extremely dangerous Arctic cold is forecast to surge across the South by Monday morning, bringing single-digit wind chills as far south as the northern Gulf Coast and below-zero wind chills across inland areas, according to the latest temperature and wind-chill guidance. Forecasters warn that this…

UNITED STATES — A high-impact winter storm is increasingly likely to affect parts of western North Carolina, upstate South Carolina, and northeast Georgia from Saturday through Sunday, with forecasters warning that nearly all areas shown in the latest impact map are expected to see disruptive winter weather as a strong low-pressure system tracks through the…

UNITED STATES — A major winter storm is expected to bring dangerous ice accumulation and heavy snow across a large portion of the South and Southeast this weekend, with impacts stretching from Texas through Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, according to the latest forecast data. Meteorologists are emphasizing that this…