Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Winter Storm for the South; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Arctic air will filter south and east through early this week. As this cold air moves across the South, a rare winter storm is forecast to develop from Texas, Gulf Coast States into the Southeast through early this week. Several new daily record low temperatures are expected, including new record-low maximum temperatures. For Southern California, fire weather concerns increase this week. Read More >

December 1, 2006
High Winds

A vigorous area of low pressure produced high winds across the region.

Environment

Radar reflectivity image shows squall line tearing through the Tri State.	Double-barrelled low pressure (solid blue lines) lifting north into the Great Lakes produced high winds across the region. The low was supported by a deep 500mb low (yellow dashed lines) tracking through Illinois.	Visible satellite image shows swirl of clouds associated with intense low pressure. Surface observations show widespread high winds, as well as heavy snow over Illinois.