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 16, 2010
Winter Storm

Snow overspread much of the region Wednesday night and continued through Thursday morning. The heaviest snow fell across parts of southwest and south central Ohio where 5 to 6 inch snow amounts were common. 4 to 5 inch snow amounts were fairly widespread across southeast Indiana and northern Kentucky. Along and just south of Interstate 70, snowfall amounts were generally in the 2 to 4 inch range.