Overview
- The National Weather Service has winter-storm warnings in multiple states, with forecasts of up to 30 inches of snow in Alaska passes, 40–50 mph winds, and whiteout travel conditions from Thursday into the weekend.
- Bitter cold is spreading across the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Northeast, with wind chills in the single digits or below zero and localized lake-effect bands producing hazardous commutes and several inches near the lakes.
- A freeze watch is posted for Florida’s Treasure Coast Thursday night into Friday, and St. Lucie County will open an emergency cold-weather shelter in Fort Pierce.
- The Met Office expanded a yellow warning for heavy, persistent rain and strengthening winds across southern and central England from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, as the Environment Agency issued dozens of flood alerts on saturated ground.
- UK medium-range guidance highlights an increased chance of colder, snowier conditions between January 19 and 28, and U.S. forecasters note two weekend systems with model-sensitive outcomes, including a Sunday coastal low that could deliver a glancing snow to New England.