A powerful holiday-week storm pattern will bring impactful weather to several parts of the U.S. through the weekend. California will see another round of atmospheric river-fueled rain, with significant flooding in lower elevations and several feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada. Meanwhile, wintry precipitation could complicate travel across the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, and New England, while the central Plains and parts of the South experience unseasonable warmth and fire weather conditions. Ongoing cold for much of Western and Central Canada, particularly Alberta.
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January is closing out with no shortage of winter weather. Frigid temperatures will dominate the eastern U.S. for the rest of the week as another round of arctic air spills southward starting Friday. The cold could break more records as far south as Florida. Meanwhile, forecasters are closely tracking a potentially significant East Coast winter storm this weekend that could bring heavy snow, strong winds, and coastal flooding from the Carolinas to New England. Out West, a soggy pattern continues in the Pacific Northwest, with rounds of rain and mountain snow.