NWS Weather Prediction Center

Periods of wintry weather expected in the northern Great Lakes and New England go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

Elevated to Critical fire weather conditions in the northern/central High Plains through Saturday go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

Record-breaking heat wave continues in the West while expanding into the central U.S. this weekend go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

National High/Low temps for Thursday March 19, 2026: 110 at 2 miles west-northwest of Martinez Lake, AZ; -5 at 4 miles east-southeast of Estcourt Station, ME #azwx #mewx go.usa.gov/cu5tP

Early season #HeatDome persists over the western U.S., expanding east this weekend. Scores of daily record high temperatures are expected through next week with some additional monthly records for March through this weekend. Here are the updated Key Messages for this #HeatWave

The early season western #heatwave is well under way. Here are monthly high temperature records for March set over the past two days. Future daily temperature records can be found here: wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/exper/ndfd/ndf…

Critical Risk of fire weather across portions of the central and northern High Plains go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

Wet weather continues for Western Washington; wintry mix expected across the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes to the Interior Northeast go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

An anomalously early and record-breaking heatwave continues to intensify across the Western U.S. and expand east into the Great Plains go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

National High/Low temps for Wednesday March 18, 2026: 108 at 4 miles east of North Shore, CA; -12 at Mount Washington, NH #cawx #nhwx go.usa.gov/cu5tP

Wet across western Washington as light snow moves through the Midwest today followed by a wintry mix across the Great Lakes Thursday into Friday go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

Sub-freezing temperatures down to the eastern Gulf coast this morning will begin to moderate go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

An anomalously early heatwave begins to intensify across the western U.S. and expand east into the Great Plains go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

National High/Low temps for Tuesday March 17, 2026: 104 at Indio, CA; -24 at Brimson, MN #cawx #mnwx go.usa.gov/cu5tP

Wet across western Washington states as light snow moves through the northern Plains and upper Midwest go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

Deep cyclone and potent cold front exit New England early this morning with lake-effect snow gradually tapers off later today go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

Record cold across the Deep South this morning will shift into the Southeast by Wednesday morning go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

An anomalously early heatwave begins to intensify and expand east across the western U.S go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

National High/Low temps for Monday March 16, 2026: 99 at 4 miles east of North Shore, CA; -24 at Lake Metigoshe State Park, ND #cawx #ndwx go.usa.gov/cu5tP

See the latest Storm Summary for more storm info: wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nf…

❄️ Blizzard conditions continue today across portions of the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes. Here is a look at snowfall totals so far as of 10 AM CDT today, 25-35 inches of snow have fallen across southeastern Minnesota, central Wisconsin, and northern Michigan.