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Snow Across the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast; Unsettled Weather in the West

Light to moderate snow will continue into Saturday over the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast. This weekend into next week, a series of atmospheric rivers will bring gusty winds, periods of heavy rain, and mountain snow to northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Colder temperatures are in store for the weekend from the Great Lakes to East Coast. Read More >

A severe thunderstorm packing golf ball size hail and wind gusts of 60 mph impacted Hobbs, New Mexico and western Gaines county in Texas during the afternoon hours on May 10, 2005. Golf ball size hail was reported in Hobbs at 4:34 pm MDT. Strong winds also accompanied this storm and many broken windows were reported around the city. As this storm moved northeast into western Gaines county, severe winds downed power lines near the intersection of county road 210 and Farm to Market road 3306.

Radar image of a severe thunderstorm

This radar image shows a severe thunderstorm just south of Hobbs, New Mexico at 4:30 pm MDT on May 10, 2005. The feature circled in the above image is known as a three body scatter spike, or hail spike and indicates the presence of hail within the storm.