Significant Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expands Across the East; Severe Storm Threat in the Gulf States Sunday

A significant winter storm is underway, bringing widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies to New England through Monday. Extremely cold air will follow, prolonging dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts into next week. Severe thunderstorms may produce damaging gusts and tornadoes across the eastern Gulf Coast states Sunday morning and afternoon. Read More >

Current conditions at

Bartow Municipal (KBOW)

Lat: 27.95°NLon: 81.78°WElev: 128ft.

Fair

63°F

17°C

Humidity 100%
Wind Speed E 6 mph
Barometer 30.09 in
Dewpoint 63°F (17°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Last update 25 Jan 3:00 am EST
Extended Forecast for

Lake Wales FL

  • Overnight

    Overnight: Patchy fog.  Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. East southeast wind around 7 mph.

    Low: 62 °F

    Patchy Fog

  • Sunday

    Sunday: Patchy fog before 9am.  Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

    High: 86 °F

    Patchy Fog
    then Sunny
    and Breezy

  • Sunday Night

    Sunday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 65. South southwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

    Low: 65 °F

    Increasing
    Clouds

  • Monday

    Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers before 1pm.  Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a southwest wind 13 to 17 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

    High: 75 °F

    Chance
    Showers and
    Breezy

  • Monday Night

    Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 35. Breezy, with a north wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

    Low: 35 °F

    Mostly Clear
    and Breezy
    then Clear

  • Tuesday

    Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 58. North wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

    High: 58 °F

    Sunny

  • Tuesday Night

    Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 33. North wind around 6 mph.

    Low: 33 °F

    Clear

  • Wednesday

    Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 63. North wind 6 to 8 mph.

    High: 63 °F

    Sunny

  • Wednesday Night

    Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Northwest wind around 7 mph.

    Low: 34 °F

    Mostly Clear

Detailed Forecast

Overnight
Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. East southeast wind around 7 mph.
Sunday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Sunday Night
Increasing clouds, with a low around 65. South southwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a southwest wind 13 to 17 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Monday Night
Clear, with a low around 35. Breezy, with a north wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 58. North wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with a low around 33. North wind around 6 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 63. North wind 6 to 8 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Northwest wind around 7 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 61.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 34.
Friday
Sunny, with a high near 64.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.
Saturday
A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 63.
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ABOUT THIS FORECAST

 
Point Forecast:
Lake Wales FL
 27.91°N 81.58°W (Elev. 167 ft)
2:16 am EST Jan 25, 2026
3am EST Jan 25, 2026-6pm EST Jan 31, 2026
 
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