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Critical to Extremely Critical Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Heavy Lake Effect Snow Downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario

Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions are forecast for coastal southern California through Wednesday due to moderate to locally strong Santa Ana winds. Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warnings have been issued. Across the Great Lakes, heavy lake effect snow is expected downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario from this afternoon into late Wednesday night. Read More >

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
246 AM CST Thu Dec 27 2018

...SNOWFALL REPORTS AS OF 245 AM CST THURSDAY...

Location                     Amount
4 WNW Crown Butte Lake       8.2 in
6 NE Crown Butte Lake        8.0 in
Center                       8.0 in
2 N Watford City             7.5 in
Underwood                    7.3 in
Ellendale                    7.2 in
Bismarck NWS                 7.2 in
Hazen                        7.0 in
3 SSE Bismarck               7.0 in
5 N Mandan                   7.0 in
1 WNW Bismarck               7.0 in
1 ENE Bismarck               7.0 in
1 NNW Bismarck               7.0 in
New Town                     7.0 in
3 SW Dickinson               6.5 in
Dickinson                    6.5 in
2 E Dickinson                6.5 in
4 NW Hazelton                6.3 in
Killdeer                     6.0 in
Stanley                      6.0 in
Belfield                     6.0 in
Selfridge                    6.0 in
Mandan                       5.9 in
Bowman                       5.5 in
1 WSW Hannover               5.5 in

Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers
for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.

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JP Martin