Some areas will be looking at freezing temperatures, frost, and snow this weekend, while two systems in the Atlantic could become the next named storms. Plus, coastal storms finally exit the region. See today’s alerts and 3-day forecast.
Today’s weather alerts
Here are Thursday’s weather alerts from the National Weather Service (NWS).
Freeze warning: central, western, and southern North Dakota; northern and central South Dakota; and west-central Minnesota.
Freeze watch: southern South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, and northwestern Iowa.
Gale warning: western Lake Superior and Lake Michigan.
Two systems in the Atlantic could become the next named storms over the weekend
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tracking two systems, each of which could be the next named storm. Tropical depression “Twelve” (disturbance 1) has an 80 percent chance of cyclone development over the next 48 hours and is currently a few hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Tropical depression “thirteen” (disturbance 2) has a 40 percent chance of development in the next five days and is currently located a few hundred miles east of the southern Windward Islands north of South America. The FOX MODEL sees the development of a Caribbean tropical disturbance over the weekend.
Coastal storms finally exit
The remnants of Hurricane Ian and the eastern coastal storms, particularly along the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, have finally moved offshore and into the Atlantic. However, another system in the West moves in on Thursday into Friday.
The 3-day forecast: Some areas will be looking at freezing temperatures, frost, and snow this weekend
As of Thursday, freeze and frost warnings were already in place (see above), and more of the same is expected as a cold blast comes in. Temperatures could reach freezing, especially in the Plains and the Midwest, the Weather Channel reported. Some areas in the north-central US and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula could see lake-effect snow this weekend.
The average annual freeze dates are already here or approaching: before September 15 for the Northwest, September 16-30 for the upper Midwest, October 1-15 for the Midwest, and October 16-31 for the mid-South.
Here is the latest 3-day forecast from the National Weather Service (NWS).
Thursday: Cold front over central US, thunderstorms in West
A cold front moves in, bringing freeze and frost warnings and mixed precipitation over parts of the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Iowa (see alerts above).
Rain over parts of the northern Rockies and upper Midwest, around the Great Lakes, and over the northern regions of the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic, and Northeast.
Thunderstorms in the West over portions of southern California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, western and northern Texas, western Oklahoma, and southwestern Kansas.
Friday: Cold front brings freezing temperatures
A cold front moves in, particularly over the north-central US. Wausau will hit 32, Omaha 31, Bismarck will reach 32, and North Platte will be borderline at 33 degrees.
Mixed precipitation over parts of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
In the West, thunderstorms over portions of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Rain over the central Midwest, upper Midwest, Ohio Valley, and mid-Atlantic.
Saturday: Mixed precipitation in the Northeast, thunderstorms in the West
Mixed precipitation for northwestern Pennsylvania, much of New York, Western and northern Vermont, and northern New Hampshire, as well as southern Colorado and north-central New Mexico.
Thunderstorms over most of Arizona and New Mexico, into southern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, western Oklahoma, and northern and western Texas.
