Overview
- The National Weather Service issued a freeze watch for parts of Florida’s Treasure Coast for Thursday night into early Friday, with St. Lucie County opening a cold weather shelter at the Percy Peek Gym at 5 p.m.
- Widespread snowfall is forecast across the Chicago area from late Thursday into Friday morning with 1 to 2 inches expected, creating slick roads for the commute and a turn to sub-zero wind chills early next week.
- Successive clipper systems and lake-effect bands are bringing rounds of light-to-moderate snow from the Great Lakes into the Northeast through the weekend, with gusts up to about 30–35 mph driving wind chills into the teens and single digits.
- Metro Detroit faces additional snow on Friday with 2 to 3 inches possible and more rounds through Monday, followed by a deep freeze with highs in the teens and morning wind chills in the double digits below zero.
- The UK Met Office signals a higher chance of a late-January shift to colder, wintry conditions with potential snow and occasional freezing rain or ice pellets, though specifics on timing and location remain uncertain.