Significant Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expands Across the East
A significant, long-duration winter storm will bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies to New England through Monday. Widespread travel disruptions, prolonged power outages, and vast tree damage is likely. Frigid temperatures, gusty winds, and dangerous wind chills will expand from the north-central US to the Southern Plains, MS Valley, and Midwest. Read More >
| NWS Forecast for: Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA (ANZ534) Issued by: National Weather Service Baltimore, MD/Washington, D.C. Last Update: 359 PM EST Fri Jan 23 2026 | |
Rest Of This Afternoon: N winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Tonight: N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt... Increasing to 20 to 25 kt with gusts to 35 kt in the late evening and overnight. Waves 4 ft. Light freezing spray. Sat: N winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt... Diminishing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt in the afternoon. Waves 3 ft. Light freezing spray. Sat Night: NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Gusts up to 25 kt after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 ft. Snow. Light freezing spray. Sun: NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 3 ft. Sleet, rain, a chance of freezing rain and snow. Light freezing spray. Sun Night: NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Waves 2 ft. Rain with freezing rain likely. Mon: NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Waves 4 ft. Tue: W winds 20 to 25 kt...becoming SW 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon and evening, then becoming NW after midnight. Waves 4 ft... Subsiding to 2 ft. | |
| Zone Forecast: Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA (ANZ534) | |
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