A possible blizzard is headed to the Southeast this weekend, impacting the Carolinas, Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee.
The storm will start Friday night with snow over Appalachia, alongside the Tennessee/North Carolina border and western Virginia.
On Saturday, the snow is forecast to unfold east into jap Georgia and far of South Carolina, North Carolina and southern Virginia.
The storm may convey highly effective winds, which can result in blizzard circumstances. Visibility may very well be lowered to lower than a quarter-mile.
Whereas it’s nonetheless too early to foretell actual snow totals, it seems that a lot of northern South Carolina, practically all of North Carolina and southern Virginia will get 3 to eight inches of snow between Friday evening and Sunday morning. Some areas may even close to 1 foot of snow, particularly alongside the North Carolina coast the place the heavy snow could last more.
Commuters make their manner by mounds of slush within the aftermath of a significant winter storm in Washington, D.C., January 26, 2026.
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Together with a full moon inflicting naturally greater tides, massive waves produced by the storm could result in damaging seashore erosion and coastal flooding, with 2 to 4 ft water inundation doable from the South Carolina coast to the Outer Banks of North Carolina to the coasts of Virginia and Maryland.
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has declared a state of emergency.
The Northeast coast could escape this storm principally unscathed.
These alongside the Interstate 95 hall from Washington, D.C. to New York Metropolis ought to see little to no snow accumulation, however they are going to see gusty winds as much as 40 mph on Sunday morning.
Ice chunks float within the Hudson River in entrance of the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Constructing in New York Metropolis as seen from Hoboken, New Jersey, Jan. 26, 2026.
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Just a few inches of snow is feasible on the coasts of Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey, in addition to New York’s Lengthy Island and Massachusetts’ Cape Cod.
But when the storm strikes barely west, 3 to six inches of snow and blizzard circumstances may strike the I-95 hall from Connecticut to Boston to Maine.
Snow blankets Boston Public Backyard on January 25, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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In the meantime, the deep freeze is ongoing.
On Friday, the the wind chill — what temperature it appears like — is forecast to hit minus 13 levels in Minneapolis. On Saturday, the wind chill is forecast to drop to 2 levels in Atlanta and minus 1 in New York Metropolis.
That chilly can be spreading south to Florida. File lows are doable throughout the Sunshine State on Sunday, together with 20 levels in Tallahassee, 23 levels in Jacksonville and 25 in Orlando.
