Another winter storm is on track to slam into the East Coast this weekend, bringing more snow to states still reeling from Winter Storm Fern. The latest forecast map from the National Weather Service shows which states could be affected.

The NWS released map early Wednesday morning, saying confidence has increased for “impact” snowfall—especially across the Carolinas and southern Virginia—starting Friday night. Coastal states from Georgia to Maine have at least a 5% chance of moderate snowfall between Saturday and Monday, which could cause travel disruption and worsening. extended power outages from last week’s storm.

This can create a dangerous situation for anyone who cannot heat their home. Most homes throughout the Southeast rely on electric heat, and as of Wednesday morning, more than 150,000 customers across the Carolinas, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky STUCK powerless.

Another blast in the Arctic

The arrival of the typhoon coincides with another Arctic blast is expected to flow over the Plains, across the Great Lakes, and across the east from Friday through Saturday.

The NWS expects this cold air mass to break daily low temperature records in the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast by the end of the week. Strong winds generated by the storm system are also likely to send wind chill temperatures dropping below zero.

Dangerously cold temperatures continue across the eastern half of the country. In some areas it could be the longest cold spell in decades. pic.twitter.com/02yJmeWrIc

— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) January 27, 2026

“This could be (the) longest cold spell in decades,” the NWS said DECLARED Tuesday. “Cover up when you’re outside, make sure pets and animals have protection from the cold, and continue to reduce frozen pipes.”

Gusty winds can also reduce visibility in areas where snow has fallen, creating hazardous driving conditions, according to the NWS. On the mid-Atlantic coast, onshore winds and astronomically high tides can lead to coastal flooding and dangerous surfing.

An uncertain forecast

Meteorologists are actively tracking this system as it advances toward the East Coast. As of Wednesday, the intensity and path of this storm remained uncertain, with several possible scenarios leading to different impacts.

“Forecast changes are expected as the system approaches,” the NWS said.

The others forecasters TELL there is an increasing chance that the storm will intensify to a bomb cyclonethat COME when the central atmospheric pressure in the mid-latitudes drops by at least 24 millibars in 24 hours. Bomb storms are more dangerous than your average winter storm because they can Will hurricane-force winds and extremely heavy rain.

“Early Wednesday, the forecast models were gradually converging on a result involving a strong storm developing off the coast of North Carolina on Saturday, before becoming a bomb storm and passing east of New England from Sunday to Monday,” meteorologist Ben Noll reports for the Washington Post.

High-confidence scenarios would see snow advance from West Virginia to Tennessee on Friday before spreading to Georgia and the Carolinas on Saturday, with several inches of accumulation possible, according to Noll. As the storm strengthens Saturday, much of the East Coast can expect sustained winds of 30 to 50 miles per hour (48 to 80 kilometers per hour), with potentially damaging gusts of up to 80 mph (129 kph) on the Outer Banks.

From Saturday through Sunday, snowfall should expand north along the coast from Virginia to Maine, with heavy accumulations and blizzard-like conditions possible in southeastern New England, Noll reported.

All of this remains to be seen, but it’s clear that the East Coast won’t be getting a break from the harsh winter weather anytime soon. Cold temperatures are expected continue through the first week of February as the distorted polar vortex continues to send Arctic air flowing south. Meteorologists are urging those in the projected path of this system to actively monitor their local forecast and prepare for another round of dangerous storm impacts.