Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean has your FOX Weather forecast.
There is a potentially dangerous situation for parts of the Mississippi, Tennessee and Ohio valleys on Friday through Saturday morning, as an area of low pressure along with a very powerful cold front slices through the central U.S.
WINTER STORM COULD BRING A FOOT OF SNOW AROUND MOUNTAINS OF LAKE TAHOE
Late-week storm for the central U.S. (Credit: Fox News)
Large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes and heavy rainfall will all be a risk.
Severe storm threat including hail, tornadoes and damaging winds (Credit: Fox News)
Meanwhile, on the cold side of the system, heavy snow will fall from the Great Lakes back into the Central Plains.
Snow forecast from Great Lakes to Central Plains (Credit: Fox News)
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Record warmth for south, eastern U.S. (Credit: Fox News)
Ahead of the system, record warmth will smash records for parts of the South and along the eastern third of the country.
Janice Dean joined FOX News Channel (FNC) in January 2004 where she currently serves as senior meteorologist for the network. In addition, she is the morning meteorologist for FNC’s signature morning show, FOX & Friends (weekdays 6-9AM/ET) as well as contributes to FOX Weather, FOX News Media’s free ad-supported streaming television ("FAST") weather service. Click here to listen to "The Janice Dean Podcast."