Monsoonal flow coinciding with a frontal boundary will focus more showers and thunderstorms across the central Great Basin, central Rockies, Southwest into the Southern Plains. Heavy rainfall may bring about instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile, record setting heat continues for the Pacific Northwest through Monday. Heat combining with dry conditions could allow for any fires to quickly spread. Read More >
Winter Weather Event Review Section 6: Summary Section 1 -- Section 2 -- Section 3 -- Section 4 -- Section 5 -- Section 6 This was a very difficult warn verses no warn event. The forecasters were challenged with mixed signals leading up to the event. On the one hand the model trends showed an overall westward and warmer trend but also tended to linger precipitation longer when it was cold enough for snow. Also, HPC solutions trended back and forth and trended above warning criteria when Wilmington had to make the warn/no warn decision. Some preliminary findings:
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