Weather Sat Feb 10 2026 Arizona and New Mexico snow Mild NE

Winter storm to impact portions of the southern to central High Plainsbeginning late Friday night and continuing into Sunday.Thunderstorms with heavy rainfall and possible flash flooding onSaturday from east-central Texas into the Tennessee Valley.Above average warmth will shift eastward into the Midwest, Mid-Atlanticand Northeast on Saturday with potential records for some locations.Unsettled weather across the Intermountain West will shift eastwardthrough early Saturday morning before organizing ahead of a closedmid-level low to cross the Four Corners region during the afternoon.Colder temperatures will filter into the Great Plains behind a cold frontwith areas of accumulating snow developing through Saturday afternoon overthe Colorado Front Range into southeastern Wyoming and the NebraskaPanhandle. As the upper level storm continues to organize Saturday night,areas of moderate to heavy snow snow are expected to expand across thesouthern High Plains with 4-8 inches expected for portions of the TexasPanhandle into northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado. Higheraccumulations of 12 to 18 inches are likely into the higher terrain,including the Sangre De Cristo Mountains before the storm pulls awayduring the day on Sunday. High temperatures will also be about 10 to 20degrees below average on Sunday across most of the southern High Plains.Ahead of the storm system impacting the Plains will be returning moisturefrom the Gulf of Mexico into eastern Texas, the lower Mississippi andTennessee valleys. Rain with embedded thunderstorms will continue forportions of the Mississippi Valley into Tennessee and Kentucky throughSaturday morning, but thunderstorms are expected to become more numerousSaturday afternoon over central/eastern Texas, spreading eastward throughthe Mississippi Valley. Locally heavy rain is expected from eastern Texasinto eastern Tennessee where a Slight Risk (level 2 of 4) of ExcessiveRainfall is in place for Saturday/Saturday night, highlighting thegreatest potential for flash flooding.Meanwhile, potential record breaking warmth will translate eastward intothe Midwest, northern Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday with hightemperatures of 20 to 30 degrees above average anticipated. Skies will bemostly cloudy with chances of rain but there will still be the possibilityof record breaking high temperatures, especially along the I-95 corridorfrom Washington to Boston and into portions of Upstate New York.Temperatures will lower a bit for Sunday behind a weak cold front butstill remain 5 to 15 degrees above average for the region.