Overview
- The National Weather Service has issued winter storm watches for central Pennsylvania as a day-after-Christmas system brings a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain.
- In the D.C. area, a brief burst of snow could give way to sleet and freezing rain Friday, with icing flagged as the primary travel hazard.
- Southeast Michigan faces widespread freezing rain Friday morning with roughly 0.10–0.20 inches of ice possible before temperatures slowly nudge precipitation toward rain.
- New England is forecast to see a quick, light snow on Saturday followed by a stronger Sunday system likely to begin with a glaze of ice before changing to rain.
- Christmas Day stays mostly quiet and unusually mild for many regions, while Colorado threatens record highs with gusty winds and Red Flag Warnings signaling critical fire danger.