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Future U.S. Weather Past U.S Weather Morning Dom. Report Noon Update Evening/Weekend Update International Report Gary Rhea Commentary INTERNATIONAL MAPS InterRAD® RainRAD™ Tuesday, January 6, 2026 - After a cold start to the New Year in the Midwest, this week has seen changes to a mild pattern. Highs yesterday in the 40's and 50's were about 15 to 20 degrees above normal. Normal highs in early January are in the 20's north to the 30's south. Roughly the southwest half of the Cornbelt is warmer than normal so far this month and a little colder than normal northeast. Overall, the next ten days look warmer than normal, however there will be a brief cooldown to near or slightly above normal by this weekend then warmer again next week. There is some uncertainty regarding the 11-15 day outlook as the European model keeps the warmer than normal trend continuing while the GFS has shown colder than normal in rexent days for the Midwest and some surrounding areas. Today's GFS model has roughly the east half of the nation colder than normal at this time. Most precipitation later this week will be just rain, but a few northern areas may see a mix with light snow before the precip ends on Friday. Below normal precipitation during the 6-10 day outlook in the Midwest and closer to normal for the 11-15 day time frame .