Author: Cabarrus Weekly

UNITED STATES — A strengthening snow band is taking shape across the Midwest this morning, with radar showing heavier returns lining up from northern Indiana near Fort Wayne east-southeast into central Ohio toward Columbus. Forecasters tracking the band say it appears to be aligning well with last evening’s model guidance—and if the band holds together,…

UNITED STATES — A viral, long-range GFS 384-hour snowfall map is making the rounds because it shows an eye-popping snow “bullseye” centered over North Carolina and Virginia, with the model depicting widespread heavy totals across the Carolinas and into the Mid-Atlantic. The post itself jokes that it would take “metaphysics for the GFS to actually…

UNITED STATES — A first-call “crayon map” forecast is flagging a classic Norlun trough setup for Southern New England, warning that the heaviest snow may come down in narrow corridors that can shift east or west—but with growing confidence that eastern Massachusetts ends up on the favorable side of the band. What a “Norlun Trough”…

UNITED STATES — A new 00z GFS snowfall projection is highlighting just how tight the “margin of error” is for the next New England snow setup, placing the key trough axis about 20 miles east of most other guidance—a shift small enough to look trivial on a national map, but big enough to change who…

UNITED STATES — A new Public Impact Map for February 6–7, 2026 breaks the storm into three snowfall zones from the Mid-Atlantic into Southern New England, warning that a redeveloping low-pressure system south of Long Island could produce scattered evening snow, then a more organized, band-enhanced push overnight into Saturday, with totals ranging from a…

UNITED STATES — Lake Erie is now 96% ice-covered, and the latest Great Lakes ice analysis suggests the lake could reach 100% coverage within a few days—a threshold that, according to the note shared with the map, has not happened in 30 years. The new chart from the U.S. National Ice Center and USCG Great…

UNITED STATES — An Arctic blast is expected to surge into Southern New England on Saturday, arriving first in the west and spreading east as winds ramp up sharply and temperatures and wind chills drop fast, creating a setup where snowfall totals could vary wildly from town to town. Why This Setup Is So Tricky…

PENNSYLVANIA — A late-week burst of snow is lining up to give the region’s existing snowpack a fresh coating Friday night into Saturday morning, with several forecast maps showing a widespread 1–3 inches and localized higher pockets pushing 3–5 inches across parts of the state. What the Snowfall Maps Are Signaling The data provided highlights…