🌡️ After a cold start to 2026 across the Midwest & Northeast, unseasonably mild temperatures will gradually expand eastward from the western/central U.S. late this weekend into next week. Cooler than normal temps will hang around CA given persistent waves of clouds and showers. 🌧️ | NOAA NWS Weather Prediction Center

The start of the new year features active weather in the Pacific, with a Kona Low affecting Hawaii and a winter storm in Alaska. For much of the rest of the country, unseasonably warm temperatures are expected with above normal temperatures through the end of the week. Wet weather continues on the West Coast, though drier conditions are expected to return this weekend into next week. | NOAA NWS Weather Prediction Center

For Time Lapse Tuesday, we are reviewing the stormy start to 2026 along the West Coast. This enhanced-color Air Mass imagery from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s GOES-West (#GOES18) is showing the parade of weather systems impacting the western U.S. from December 29–January 5. | NOAA Satellite and Information Service