A rare winter pattern is unfolding this week as arctic air plunges deep into the Southeast, leading to freeze warnings in Florida and snow squalls across the Northern Tier. Meanwhile, Alberta clippers will zip through the Great Lakes and Plains, bringing light snow and reinforcing the chill. After a brief midweek break, another surge of arctic cold is expected to dive into the East Coast by the weekend.
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An active and impactful weather pattern is setting up across much of North America through next week. Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms are expected from the eastern Canadian Prairies, U.S. Plains into the Mississippi Valley, bringing the risk of damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes. Heavy rainfall may lead to localized flooding from the Northern Plains to the Southeast, while wildfire concerns continue across the Four Corners region. At the same time, summer heat is building, with the East experiencing its hottest temperatures of the season late this week before above-average warmth expands westward during the weekend.