Today's Weather Outlook

Wintry weather conditions freeze areas nationwide as widespread snow, rain, and icy conditions plague weekend plans.

Today's weather conditions will hold wet, wintry weather for most of the nation, setting up poor travel conditions for the day. A cozy day at home will be on the agenda for many!

In the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, weather conditions will shift drastically throughout the day as a low pressure system sweeps significant snowfall amounts into the area. In the morning hours, most of the significant snowfall amounts will cling to the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachian spine.

New England will remain primarily dry in the morning hours until snow begins to settle in by midday, intensifying in the evening hours today. Northern New York up into Maine will be dry until snowfall makes its way northward into New York, bringing snow up to Maine by the evening. As this snowfall makes its way northward, snow will accumulate and leave over 10 and even 15 inches of snowfall in the low pressure system’s path. Northern New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts will see impacts from this snowfall accumulation into Monday morning’s commute.

The Mid-Atlantic will see continued snowfall from Saturday night, increasing accumulation amounts in the low pressure system’s path. Accumulation will be greater along the Atlantic coastline, but accumulation over 10 inches will continue to stick along the Appalachians as well. Another concern for the Mid-Atlantic will be icy conditions that persist along southern Virginia as the low pressure system passes. These icy conditions will extend down into North Carolina, northern South Carolina and northern Georgia.

In the Southeast and Deep South, there will be a mix of every type of precipitation as wintry conditions extend far down south. An inch or two of snowfall will impact most of the northern portions of the southern states, including Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, and the states southward along the borders of these states. Southward of the borders, there is the possibility for some icy conditions.

There will be an increased amount of rainfall along with a squall line of thunderstorms that impact southern Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia, with the panhandle of Florida included as well. Localized heavy rain will accompany these storms, bringing unideal weather into the area as a wrap to the weekend.

The Midwest can expect continued wintry weather like Saturday, but snowfall's accumulation amounts will be significantly lower. The Great Lakes region will get their share of snowfall today as the low pressure system progresses across the East Coast. Southern Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and the entirety of Kentucky will see a localized higher snow accumulation amount, nearing up to 10 inches. The Central Plains will see another few inches of snow, but the Northern Plains will once again be primarily dry.

In the Mountain West, there will be a continuation of snowfall in the southern Rockies, while the northern Rockies will be primarily dry. There is more opportunity for some light rainfall to lowland areas in the northern Rockies, but most of the precipitation that the northern Rockies see will be in the higher elevated mountainous peaks.

The Desert Southwest will see a continuation of light rainfall like Saturday, but this will end near midday. Southeastern Arizona and the New Mexico border will continue to see localized higher rainfall amounts through the day, tapering off by the evening hours today.

The remainder of the West Coast will be dry throughout most of the day today, with some light showers impacting the Washington and northern Oregon coasts, also stretching to the Cascades.

Temperatures in the negative teens will plague the U.S.-Canada border along Wisconsin. Single digit negatives will be experienced in most of North Dakota, northern South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Single digit temperatures can be found along the U.S.-Canada border in the Northeast, as well as Wisconsin, Iowa, and South Dakota. Areas with temperatures in the teens will be Northeast, areas surrounding the Great Lakes, the Central Plains, and higher elevations in the Rockies.

Areas in the 20s will be the Mid-Atlantic down through the Appalachian spine, into southern Texas. The lowland areas within the Rockies will also see temperatures in the 20s. The Southeast, coast of Texas, Great Basin Desert, and Pacific Northwest will see temperatures within the 30s today. Forty-degree temperatures will be seen along the Rio Grande Valley, the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida’s Panhandle and southern Georgia in the South. Other areas out West in the 40s will be northern California. Fifties and 60s will be common for the northern Florida, California’s Central Valley, and the Desert Southwest.

Southern Florida will beat out the heat with temperatures in the high 70s, even reaching the 80s in some areas!