Overview
- Showers move through Friday night in many areas, then Saturday turns mild and mostly dry with highs ranging from 60s in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic to lower 80s in parts of the Southeast.
- A stronger cold front arrives Sunday into Monday, dropping highs into the 30s and 40s across the Midwest and Ohio Valley with 50s in the Southeast, alongside gusty northwest winds near 30–40 mph.
- Rain changes to snow or mixed precipitation in places such as Chicago and Metro Detroit late weekend into Monday, with little to light accumulation mainly on grassy or elevated surfaces.
- Lake-effect snow showers may persist near the Great Lakes early next week, though band placement and amounts remain uncertain.
- Cold air brings frost and freeze concerns early next week, including a first freeze risk inland across the Southeast and a Frost Advisory already posted along parts of the Connecticut shoreline.