Today's Weather Outlook

Mother Nature brings wet, wintry weather to the eastern half of the nation today as a low pressure system passes through. 

In the Northeast, unseasonably warm air allows for rain showers in most areas. Unfortunately for some, this warm surge will also cause some icy conditions as it moves over colder spots at the surface, primarily in northern New York and Maine. A mix of rain and snow will plague northern New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. 

Along the Appalachian Mountains, eastern Virginia and North Carolina will experience rain showers, but western halves of these states will experience some thunderstorms accompanying the passing of a warm front. 

Behind this warm front, the eastern half of the nation will experience rain showers and isolated thunderstorms from the Ohio Valley down to the Gulf Coast, impacting areas as south as the Rio Grande Valley. Florida and the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia will steer clear from the path of rain for the time being, remaining clear. 

As this passing low pressure system flows through the Midwest, rain showers can be expected out and ahead of the warm front, with a rain and snow mix following. States surrounding the Great Lakes as well as the Central Plains will see impacts from this mix of precipitation. The Northern Plains will be primarily dry, with few areas expecting snowfall. Minnesota will see the majority of this snowfall in the Midwest. 

The Mountain West will be primarily dry, except for the Southern Rockies and Colorado Front Range. The mountains and Front Range will see some snowfall, while the High Plains will see a rain/snow mix along the trailing end of a low pressure system that is moving across the country. This will bring much anticipated snow accumulation to several ski resorts in Colorado. 

The West Coast will be dominated by high pressure, with some spotty areas in the Northern Cascades seeing a rain/mix but remaining mostly dry overall. 

Temperatures will be seasonally warm today. Much of the Midwest and lower elevation areas within the Mountain West will see temperatures in the 30s. 

Temperatures will be in the 40s in New England and Pacific Northwest, rising to the 50s along California’s coast. 

A large portion of the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Southeast will experience temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Temperatures in southern Florida and Texas will even reach the 80s. 

The only areas seeing below-freezing temperatures are higher mountainous peaks in the Rockies, as well as states bordering the U.S.-Canada Border in Midwestern states such as Minnesota and North Dakota. These areas will see temperatures in the 20s.