The National Weather Service changed several of its winter weather terms in October 2024. Here is what they new terms mean.

In October 2024, the NWS stopped issuing wind chill watches, warnings and advisories. The NWS replaced them with extreme cold watches, extreme cold warnings and cold weather advisories.

Here’s what they mean. Fire watches and warnings are issued by the 122 local National Weather Service forecast offices across the United States. Forecast offices maintain criteria specific to ...

Weather Advisory. An Advisory is issued for less severe winter weather conditions that may still cause inconvenience or minor ...

A map shows where rip current warnings have been issued. As of January 16, the warnings were issued in coastal regions in Texas and Florida. A map shows where rip current warnings have been issued.

The National Weather Service has placed Columbus and central Ohio under an extreme cold watch from 1 a.m. Monday to 10 a.m. Wednesday, warning that wind chills will drop temperatures into single-digit ...