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KEY MESSAGES

- High pressure ushers in colder and drier air to begin the weekend. Widespread sub-freezing temperatures are expected by dawn on Saturday.

- Valley locations generally east of I-75 and south of I-64 should experience sub-freezing temperatures on Saturday night to early Sunday.

- Significant warming occurs next week, with the potential for several consecutive days in the 70s to perhaps lower 80s for highs, along with mild overnight lows in the 40s to lower 60s. - A trend towards a more active weather pattern is beginning to take shape during the second half of next week. More significant and widespread rainfall is possible.

UPDATE

Issued at 820 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2026

Precip has exited to the southeast and POPs have been dropped. There are some very light radar returns starting to show up in northwest flow near the VA border now. However, forecast soundings there show only very shallow moisture not likely to support measurable precip. Clouds will be slower to break up, and heavier cloud cover has been extended a bit longer into the night.

LONG TERM

(Sunday through Friday) Issued at 231 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2026

Strong low-amplitude mid-level ridging over the southern CONUS will slide east across the Deep South Tuesday, and then out into the Atlantic through the remainder of the long-term period (i.e., through Thursday night). A very dry air mass this weekend will moisten with time as a series of warm fronts begin to progress through the Ohio River Valley beginning Sunday night. Southwesterly surface and low-level flow will usher in a more progressively humid air mass, and with a more active storm track across the middle of the country, rain chances will increase progressively through the week. Isolated chances for showers and/or thunderstorms are expected Monday and Tuesday with the ridge axis upstream or overhead, but rain chances jump into the 60 to 70 percent range for Wednesday into Thursday as models are coming into better agreement on a more active pattern.

Temperatures will quickly warm Sunday to above normal levels, with upper 60s to lower 70s Sunday and 70s to lower 80s Monday into Tuesday. As humidity and rain chances increase Wednesday into Thursday, high temperatures then trend back down, but the degree in which that occurs will likely depend on the timing and extent of possible showers and thunderstorms.

AVIATION

(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Saturday evening) ISSUED AT 745 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2026

Generally MVFR conditions (due to ceilings) prevailed at TAF issuance. Improvement will occur from NW to SE tonight, with VFR conditions forecast to return area wide by dawn and then last through the day.

JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

Freeze Warning from midnight tonight to 10 AM EDT Saturday for KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120.

Freeze Watch from late Saturday night through Sunday morning for KYZ052-060-085>088-104-106>120.