Fire Weather Concerns for the Plains; Thunderstorms in the Southeast; Record Warmth Spreads in the Southwest

Elevated to locally critical conditions will persist across the High Plains. Showers and scattered thunderstorms are expected over parts of the Southeast and Florida Peninsula. Clipper system will bring modest snowfall and strong winds from the Northern High Plains into the Upper Midwest this weekend. Record warmth will persist across the Southwest into the southern Plains. Read More >

Snowfall

Surface Maps

Strongest Winds

Photos

This shows the snowfall for each of the 3 days of this heavy snow event. Wednesday was the day with the most snowfall in the our Northwest Counties. Also note that on Thursday the area of heavy snowfall shifted southward along the lake shore. It was on Thursday when the snowfall was actually the heaviest.

This is this events grand total snowfall. Decatur was the big winner for the greatest snowfall with 20 inches. It should be noted that the area from Holland to Grand Rapids also had similar heavy snowfall amounts in the range of 1.5 feet.