The Library Media — National & World · Weather Desk
The Library Weather — Saturday, November 14, 2026
By Catalina Clarke
A split Saturday across the country: frost and freeze warnings in the Southeast, Sierra snow in the West, rain moving into the Pacific Northwest, and a heavy-rain and flash-flood risk across the Southern Plains. All figures are from the National Weather Service this morning.
Northeast
Boston, Massachusetts: increasing clouds today, high near 47°F; tonight partly cloudy, low around 34°F. No precipitation is forecast for Saturday, and no watch or warning is active on the Boston page.
Southeast
Atlanta, Georgia: sunny today, high near 55°F; tonight widespread frost mainly after 4 a.m., otherwise mostly clear, low around 32°F. A Frost Advisory runs until 9:00 a.m. EST today, and a Freeze Warning is in effect for Sunday, 1:00–9:00 a.m. EST.
Ohio Valley
Columbus, Ohio: increasing clouds today, high near 45°F; tonight cloudy, low around 36°F. No precipitation chance stated, and no active watch or warning.
Upper Midwest
Minneapolis, Minnesota: sunny today, high near 43°F; tonight partly cloudy, low around 25°F. No precipitation is forecast for Saturday, and no watch or warning is active.
Lower Midwest
St. Louis, Missouri: sunny today, high near 50°F; tonight clear, low around 28°F. No precipitation is forecast for Saturday, and no watch or warning is active.
Northwest
Seattle, Washington: a 40 percent chance of rain today, mainly 9 a.m.–4 p.m., partly sunny, high near 57°F; tonight rain mainly after 9 p.m., low around 50°F, with the chance of precipitation at 100 percent and a tenth to a quarter inch possible. The Weather Prediction Center flags localised flooding as possible in northwest Washington on Saturday, with gusty winds, high surf and hazardous coastal conditions along the West Coast through the weekend.
Southwest
Phoenix, Arizona: increasing clouds today, high near 73°F; tonight mostly clear, low around 55°F. No precipitation is forecast for Saturday, and no watch or warning is active.
The national picture
The Weather Prediction Center’s morning discussion carries Winter Storm Warnings for heavy Sierra Nevada snow into Saturday, with hazardous travel; a heavy-rain and flash-flood risk across the Southern Plains on Saturday and the Lower Mississippi Valley and coastal Texas on Sunday; repeated rain and possible mountain snow across the Pacific Northwest and West Coast through the weekend; freeze and frost conditions spreading across the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Lower Mississippi Valley into Sunday morning; and lake-effect rain and snow downwind of the Great Lakes, with a rain-to-snow transition over higher elevations in the Northeast and Ohio Valley.
Catalina Clarke
Editor-in-Chief, The Library Media
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