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Northeast Cold Snap Ahead

Stephen Pellettiere

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Hi, this has been deralogist Steve Pelletier, and I am the Weatherman. Thanks for checking into the Weathermanpod.com on your Thursday. It is the fifth day of the month of February, 2026, and uh weather situation across the Northeast. Well, taking a little turn towards some colder weather as we head towards Friday and the weekend. Uh not too much today. Today we're watching an area of low pressure that's going to give rain to the snow-soaked sections of south of North Carolina, and even some snow into southern Virginia, extending possibly from the uh uh Virginia beach area just to maybe up to as far north as Richmond, as far west as the Shenandoah, all the way up to Roanoke, and even into sections of West Virginia. So there could be uh let's say anywhere between two to five inches of snowfall, especially across the Shenandoah Valley. But it looks like uh the northeast will be generally fair as high pressure will be the main feature for today. And high temperatures will range only to near 30. The normal high is about 38. So we're gonna be averaging about a good eight degrees below normal for the New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore area, and Boston area for today. But it will be dry. Now on Friday, the changes start to take hold. Frontal system working its way down out of the northern Great Lakes will be arriving in this vicinity, almost from the due north. Some of the coldest weather that you do get in the Mid-Atlantic states is when you get due north winds. They come down the Hudson Valley, down out of northern New York State in the St. Lawrence River Valley and eastern sections of Canada. When that happens, very cold conditions. So we've got two days, possibly three, some bitter cold Arctic air that'll be with us commencing Saturday and lasting through at least midday Monday. Now, uh, as that front moves through on Friday night, there could be some snow squalls or some snow showers, maybe a coating to an inch or so. And I've seen sometimes up to two inches, especially in the higher elevations of the Poconos, the Catskills in northwestern New Jersey, or even the Berkshire's of Massachusetts. So that's something that we'll be looking for on uh tomorrow's report. But it does look like we are going to get into dry weather for Thursday. It's Friday evening that you'll have those snow showers and squalls, then blustery and cold weather with temperatures only in the teens to near 20 on Saturday and Sunday, rising back into the mid to upper 20s by Monday, and then into a milder flow as we head towards the middle of next week. Now, if you're traveling by air today, it looks like good weather into the New York area. Philly, Baltimore, no problems weather wise there. All the way up to the Boston area. Good conditions are expected. Chicago looking dry. It looks like the possibility of some snow showers in Minnesota and Minneapolis, and looks like uh dry weather in central and south Florida, but North Florida from uh just north of Tampa St. Pete through Alcala up towards Jacksonville and Savannah, there will be that rainy weather. The rains will probably extend into Wilmington, North Carolina as well. Houston and Dallas Fort Worth are looking dry, dry conditions across the Dakotas, dry from the West Coast, San Diego, LA, San Francisco, all the way up to Portland and Seattle. No problems weather wise, into those places and those airline hubs expected for today. I've been Roger, Steve Pelletier, and I am the weatherman. Hope you have a great day today. Talk to your first thing on Friday. And we'll preview that Arctic front arriving on Friday night. We'll talk to you then. See ya.