Overview
- Dangerous cold is entrenched from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic with wind chills near or below -15°F in spots, prompting repeated Cold Weather Advisories and warnings through the weekend.
- Georgia faces a Winter Storm Warning and a rare Extreme Cold Warning Saturday into Sunday, with 1–2 inches near metro Atlanta and 3–5 inches in the Northeast Georgia mountains where isolated 6 inches are possible.
- Coastal Massachusetts is set for the highest New England totals Sunday, with 5–8 inches likely on Cape Cod and 3–5 on the South Shore, plus gusty northeast winds and a risk of minor to locally moderate coastal flooding around high tides.
- Forecasters expect strong gusts of 35–50 mph in some areas, producing blowing snow, low visibility near coasts, infrastructure stress, and warnings about hazardous travel, power outages, and frozen or burst pipes.
- Many inland areas of the Mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley expect little or no additional snow but will endure sub-zero wind chills; brief moderation is forecast early next week, and narrow ocean-effect or mesoscale bands could still shift local snowfall sharply.