Atmospheric River to Begin to Impact the Northwest U.S.; Gusty Winds in the Northeast U.S.

A strong atmospheric river moving into northern California later Tuesday will bring a threat for moderate to heavy rainfall and flooding, gusty to high winds, and mountain snows for parts of the Northwest U.S. through at least Wednesday. Gusty winds and isolated rain and snow showers will continue in the Northeast U.S. Tuesday behind a cold front. Read More >

Winter 2021-2022 can be described as cool and snowy for most places. December was above normal temperature-wise with the mid-December “megastorm” bringing the warmest temperatures of the winter for Duluth and Ashland. With that warm weather, snowfall flatlined and became below average at Duluth and International Falls, but a pattern shift just after Christmas brought much colder and active weather that persisted through January and February. A cold northwesterly flow regime dominated with plenty of cold air outbreaks and light snow events from Alberta clipper systems. A few larger systems were sprinkled in as well, including several large lake-enhanced systems that brought impressive snowfall amounts to the South Shore. We also experienced a rare snow squall event on February 18, which started in our region and spread across the northeastern US.