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Blizzard Conditions Are Forecast Across Parts of the Northern Plains and Upper Great Lakes

In the north-central U.S., a strong storm will continue to bring heavy snow and gusty to high winds over parts of the northern Plains and Upper Midwest tonight before moving across the Great Lakes with heavy lake effect snow Wednesday into Thanksgiving Day. Isolated severe thunderstorms are likely across parts of the Southeast/Deep South, mainly this evening into early tonight. Read More >

The new National Weather Service radar page is now live at radar.weather.gov with some big upgrades!

Benefits of this new page include:

  • Mobile device friendly.
  • High resolution radar.
  • Searchable locations with the local forecast.
  • Display precipitation type. 
  • Add radar data to your own GIS software.
    ...and more!

The display has many new features that make some time to get familiar with. Here is a link to a short tutorial and a link to a 15 minute video to take you through the features of the new radar page. Finally, here is a link to a FAQ for the new radar page.

 

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