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Monitoring Tsunami Impacts Across the Pacific; Air Quality Concerns; Dangerous Heat; Critical Fire Weather for the West

Tsunami impacts continue for portions of the Pacific basin. Wildfire smoke causes unhealthy air in Midwest to Great Lakes. Heat dome spans Mississippi Valley to Mid-Atlantic with excessive heat warnings and advisories. Critical fire weather in Great Basin to Pacific Northwest (dry thunderstorms). Cold front spawns severe storms/heavy rain in Central U.S. today, shifts to East Coast Thursday. 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