Snow Squalls in the Northeast U.S. on Thursday; Heavy Rain Along the Gulf Coast

An arctic cold front will move through the Great Lakes and Northeast on Thursday, bringing moderate to heavy snow, strong winds, and possible whiteout conditions through Thursday afternoon. A storm system interacting with Gulf moisture will bring moderate to heavy rainfall to the western and central Gulf Coast on Thursday. Isolated instances of flash flooding will be possible. Read More >

December 2022 was certainly historic in several ways. For Duluth alone, several daily snowfall records were broken, and with an inch of snow that fell on December 31, the monthly snowfall record was broken as well. Elsewhere, below normal temperatures and above average precipitation and snowfall was the overall trend, which is consistent with patterns we normally see during a La Niña pattern. With all the added moisture, Lake Superior is sitting at about a foot above average and drought conditions have improved a bit more across the region.

For the rest of January, the CPC is forecasting above normal temperatures and precipitation. Equal chances to perhaps below normal temperatures are favored in the 3-month outlook with above normal precipitation.