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Fire Weather Issues; Pacific System Moving Inland

Dry fuels, strong winds and dry weather will continue to bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions to the areas of the Plains, Midwest and Southeast today. A Pacific storm system will bring low elevation rain and heavy high elevation mountain snow to California through early week, expanding into the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, and southern California on Tuesday. Read More >

Overview

A long-duration Winter Storm affected the entire region from late Thursday Night into Friday Night. Many locations picked up 2-4 inches of snow before Noon on Friday. Sleet and Freezing Rain started to occur across the Southern Tier during the morning on Friday as well, which ended the snowfall there. A band of heavier snow and some sleet sat across the north-central mountains most of the day.

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Radar Mosaic around 430 PM EST, with many enhanced areas of precipitation. 36 Hour Snowfall reports from 7PM Feb 21st thru 7AM on the 23rd, 2008
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