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 >

Cyclogenesis off the New England coast anchored by strong blocking ridge over Greenland allowed for the first shot of true arctic air southward across the Great Lakes behind an Alberta Clipper December 4th and set the stage for the first significant Lake Effect Snow event across northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan. Lake Effect Snow bands developed in earnest Saturday evening December 4th and continued into Tuesday night on the 7th.

Below is a table highlighting the highest snowfall amounts.

LOCATION	SNOW AMT	LOCATION	SNOW AMT
Wanatah 4.4 ESE	10.0	Hudson 4.6 N	5.8
Leesburg 6.7 ESE	9.7	La Porte 6.2 N	5.6
Granger 2.9 W	9.7	Valparaiso 3.9 ENE	5.6
Granger 1.6 N	9.5	LaGrange 1.3 ENE	5.4
La Porte 1.2 E	9.3	Mishawaka 2.5 SE	5.4
La Porte 1.6 SW	9.1	Middlebury 2.6 WSW	5.2
Goshen 1.2 WNW	8.8	Wakarusa 2.4 NNE	5.1
Kingsbury 0.3 WNW	8.5	Plymouth 1.1 SSE	5.1
Goshen 3.0 WSW	8.4	Westville 4.7 ESE	5.0
Walkerton 5.7 ENE	8.2	Columbia City 5.4 N	5.0
La Porte 2.3 ESE	7.5	Kingsbury 5.0 ENE	4.9
South Bend 4.6 SE	7.2	Valparaiso 4.6 NNE	4.9
Goshen 1.9 NW	7.1	Valparaiso 0.9 NNW	4.9
Elkhart 3.1 SSE	6.9	Plymouth 2.5 WSW	4.8
Mishawaka 3.9 ENE	6.9	Valparaiso 1.8 N	4.5
Elkhart 4.8 SW	6.8	Mishawaka 5.9 SE	4.5
Millersburg 0.5 SW	6.3	Fort Wayne 9.0 WSW	4.4
Albion 3.7 S	5.9	Syracuse 0.9 SW	4.3
Chesterton 4.2 E	5.9	Valparaiso 1.3 NNE	4.3
Butler 0.5 NNE	5.8	Valparaiso 0.4 SSW	4.2

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