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Snow in the Great Lakes; Windy Conditions in the East

Lake effect snow will impact the Great Lakes region through the day. Gusty winds will pick up across the Midwest, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic beginning this afternoon following a cold front. Elevated fire weather conditions will persist across the Desert Southwest today, with critical fire weather conditions developing Wednesday and Thursday in the Southern Plains. Read More >

Automatically generated image showing areas of surface-1km vertical shear.

 

Thumbnail of an automatically generated image showing areas of surface-1km vertical shear. Thumbnail of an automatically generated image showing areas of surface-1km vertical shear. Thumbnail of an automatically generated image showing areas of surface-1km vertical shear.
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Shear (0-1km) 

Surface-1-km Vertical Shear is the difference between the surface wind and the wind at 1-km above ground level. These data are plotted as vectors with shear magnitudes contoured. 0-1-km shear magnitudes greater than 15-20 knots tend to favor supercell tornadoes.

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