New Years Day Snow Squall And Falling Temps Entering 2026

Wednesday, December 31 New Year’s Eve Update

Closing out the year, we have a strong clipper to our north. This is going to drag a distinct push of arctic air our way for New Year’s Day. With that will be a strong cold front that will carry a snow squall line. This is expected to arrive after midnight and before sunrise with a brief burst of snow that can drop a coating in under 30 minutes, along with very cold, strong winds.

In between, this may work out for the best.

First, if you are watching the Ball Drop from Times Square on TV, light snow may be falling.

Elsewhere, light snow will track across Southern Pennsylvania this evening, with little travel concern.  Just ambience confetti flakes.

Western Maryland has a Winter Storm Warning and will have more heavy snow falling in their winter wonderland.

Here is a brief breakdown of how this may play out.

New Year’s Evening Surface Weather

LIVE RADAR WIDGET

Radar Simulation 7 PM to Midnight

Midnight Snapshots

Radar Simulation

Temperatures

MOUNTAIN CAM:

WESTERN MARYLAND

Wind is still in full force in this region. A fresh coating of a few inches of snow has blanketed the region.

This webcam is positioned at The Greene Turtle Deep Creek Lake and shows Wisp Resort, including a zoomed-in view of Squirrel Cage, The Face, the terrain park, Boulder, the mountain coaster, the tubing park and a shot of McHenry Cove at Deep Creek Lake!

2026 Kicking Off In Style

Tracking the squall line for a brief band of snow, gusty winds, and falling temperatures.

Here is a look at the forecast animations. Then the key timeframes:

Timeline Expectation

Midnight to 9 AM Thursday, January 1 2026 

Radar Simulation

Wind Forecast

Temperatures

Snaphots

3 AM

4 AM

5 AM

5 AM Temperatures

5 AM Wind Chills

5 AM Wind Forecast

6 AM

8 AM

That’s it for now. Hope this helps, you may wake up with a coating of snow and no place to go.

I might I be up to track this?

Happy New Year, and see you in 2026 for some very big new changes to my weather office.

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