Triangle forecast shows a chance for more snow this weekend. What to know
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- National Weather Service expects snow Friday night through Sunday; forecast will change.
- Meteorologists uncertain about low pressure system track, which would bring precipitation.
- Triangle highs stay mostly in the 30s throughout the week.
Read the latest story from Friday, Jan. 30: Snow, extreme cold & gusty winds expected in the Triangle. Weekend forecast
The potential for the Triangle to receive some kind of wintry precipitation this weekend is still in the forecast.
It would come just days after a winter storm dropped snow, sleet and freezing rain across the area.
Meteorologists are still uncertain about impacts and amounts, but as of Tuesday morning, Jan. 27, they expect that the precipitation would begin Friday night and end sometime Sunday, said Tom Green, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Raleigh.
Forecasts this far in advance change, but as of early Tuesday, the type of precipitation expected from this event is snow.
Many storms — such as the one that swept across the area over the weekend — bring multiple types of precipitation to the Triangle, not just one.
Cold temperatures will be in place at the surface, but that’s only part of the equation.
“We know that a low pressure system will end up causing whatever precipitation we get, so one of the questions is going to be whether that low pressure is close to the coastline or whether it’s farther away from the coastline,” Green said.
Cold temperatures to continue this week
The sun is shining in the Triangle, helping to melt the ice, but cold temperatures are expected to continue throughout the week, leading up to the potential snow event.
In Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, high temperatures will stay in the 20s and 30s through at least Monday, Feb. 2. Wind chill values will be even colder.
Nightly lows are mostly in the teens.
School systems in the Triangle made Tuesday a remote learning day due to dangerous travel conditions. Icy roads could again be present Wednesday morning, Jan. 28.
This story was originally published January 27, 2026 at 9:44 AM.
