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Tracking Two Storms Impacting the Northern U.S. Through Thanksgiving and into This Weekend

Heavy lake effect snow, gusty winds, and localized blizzard conditions will persist through Thanksgiving near and downwind of the Great Lakes. Rain and mountain snow are forecast for the Pacific Northwest. Confidence is increasing for another winter storm to develop over the northern and central Rockies Friday and track across the central Plains through the Midwest and Great Lakes this weekend. Read More >

Overview

Upper level jet energy combined with a little bit of moisture and very cold temperatures to produce a few bands of snow from the early morning hours of January 5th, 2017 until the early afternoon hours. Because of the colder temperatures, snow ratios were between around 15 to 1 and 20 to 1. So despite the low precipitation totals across the area, most locations received between a half inch to inch of snow, with a main area cutting through the center portion of our forecast area that had between 1 to 2 inches. A couple of spotty localized areas received between 2.8 and 3 inches.

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