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Carolina Snow, Northeast Chill

Stephen Pellettiere

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Hi, this is Biddy Boleter Steve Pelletier, and I am the Weatherman. Thanks for checking into the WeathermanPond.com on your Saturday, 31st day of the month of January 2026, a month that is now about two to three degrees below normal in the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern states. And we're looking at a snowstorm across North Carolina, Southern Virginia, much of South Carolina, and central and northern portions of Georgia. And as that storm continues to move offshore, it will uh eventually intensify east of the coast of New Jersey, Delmarva, and New England. It looks like uh most of the precipitation from that system will stay off into the ocean. But it will give sections of North Carolina upwards of uh between six and twelve inches of snowfall, and even South Carolina. Those folks don't have a lot of plows or salt or sandings down here, so it's gonna be really tough traveling through I-95 or I-81 and uh into uh Route 40 going into Tennessee. That's uh gonna be a tough go for the daytime on Saturday. In the northeast, though, it looks like just fair and cold weather conditions continue, and we've had such cold weather for the last 12 days. Uh average temperatures each and every day between 10 and 15 degrees below normal. There was one day the temperatures were up above normal for just a 24-hour period, but the Arctic cold still has a firm grip on a weather situation. And the high pressure from that is down across Ohio into uh the central Mississippi River Valley, and even down into the Gulf Coast. Colder conditions in Dallas and Houston, uh, all fueling uh the very cold weather that's going to be causing that Carolina snowstorm on this Saturday. By the time we get to Sunday, it'll be all offshore. High pressure will build in. Decent weather for New York and New England, decent weather Monday and Tuesday. A little bit later on this week, though, the possibility of a lighter storm moving down out of the northwest. That could give the eastern Pennsylvania, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., even up to the Boston area, somewhere between two and maybe six inches of snowfall. It's not a big storm, but it's probably hopefully an all-snowstorm. We don't need any of that sleep or ice. And that will be sometime either later Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week. We'll have more details on that as the week continues. But for your Saturday, uh, generally north of Washington, D.C., you are going to have partial sunshine and high temperatures, generally ranging only between 20 and 25 as the cold wave continues. As we're heading to Sunday, though, opening up the new month of February, the storm will be offshore. The damage will be done across the Carolinas and the Virginias, and that storm will move off to the northeast, causing some coastal flooding. So coastal flooding advisories for the Jersey, Del Marva, Long Island, and even the Massachusetts and New England coasts as the storm winds up and moves away. Fair weather on Sunday with temperatures ranging up into the mid-20s after some early clouds, and then Monday and Tuesday, highs will range between 30 and 35, maybe getting up above the freezing mark for a couple of days. But the Arctic cold will return towards the end of the week, preceded by a weak storm out of the Great Lakes in the Northwest, a later Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. As I mentioned, we will have more on that as the week continues. So if you're flying today, no problems out of New York City up to the Chicago area, although they're probably going to have some snow showers in Chin Town. Looks like Minneapolis will be dry. Down in South Florida, it looks like rainy conditions as that cold front's moving through there. And it means business. Central and northern Florida, well below normal and record low temperatures are expected there. The snowstorm in central and northern Georgia, also in South Carolina, North Carolina. The brunt of it will be North Carolina and even to the outer banks. And into Dallas, Houston area looks dry. West Coast looking dry in San Diego, Los Angeles, and looks like some rainy weather will be going up into Portland and in the Seattle area later on today and tonight. I'm in your Steve Pellateria, and I am the weatherman. Hope you have a great day today. And we'll talk to you first thing on February 1st, tomorrow. See you then.