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Wintry Precipitation for the Northeast; Increasing Severe Weather Threat from the Plains to the Midwest

Wintry mixed precipitation will spread across the Northeast today, with light snow and ice accumulations forecast through southern New England. Meanwhile, the threat of severe weather will be increasing from the southern Plains to the Midwest, with rounds of showers and thunderstorms, some severe, expected each day through Friday. Read More >

A round of thunderstorms moved over the Coeur d'Alene area during the afternoon and evening of May 19th. Kootenai County Spotter #62 captured these images from the North Idaho University campus. The first picture is a lightning strike over the lake. The second is mammatus clouds sited beneath the storm.

Lightning bolt over Lake Coeur d'Alene

Mammatus clouds near Coeur d'Alene