Early Heat Wave in the West; Fire Concerns in the Plains

An anomalously early heat wave will continue to intensify and expand across the West and Southwest as the week progresses. Numerous daily and potentially monthly record highs are expected to be broken. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions are expected today across the High Plains and southern Plains. Lake effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes will taper off today. Read More >

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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.

This map shows the actual snowfall reports from various sources during this winter storm event.

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Early Heat Wave in the West; Fire Concerns in the Plains

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