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Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Extreme Cold and Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend

Multiple clipper systems will bring cold temperatures and enhance lake-effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes. An arctic blast will bring frigid temperatures accompanied with gusty winds that may lead to dangerous wind chills beginning in the Northern Plains Thursday before expanding to the South and East. An expansive winter storm will start Friday in the Southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South. Read More >

December 4, 2010
First Accumulating Snow of the Season

A clipper system dropped southeast across the Ohio Valley on Saturday, December 4. This system brought periods of snow to much of the region through the day, with the heaviest snow falling across eastern Indiana, northern Kentucky and far southwest Ohio where widespread 2-3" of snow fell.  Areas further northeast received less snow, with only a few tenths of an inch falling across the Columbus metro.