Monitoring Tsunami Impacts Across the Pacific; Air Quality Concerns; Dangerous Heat; Critical Fire Weather for the West

Tsunami impacts continue for portions of the Pacific basin. Wildfire smoke causes unhealthy air in Midwest to Great Lakes. Heat dome spans Mississippi Valley to Mid-Atlantic with excessive heat warnings and advisories. Critical fire weather in Great Basin to Pacific Northwest (dry thunderstorms). Cold front spawns severe storms/heavy rain in Central U.S. today, shifts to East Coast Thursday. Read More >

November 23-24, 2019
Light Snow

A compact low pressure system tracked through the Ohio Valley from the afternoon on the 23rd into the early morning hours on the 24th. Widespread rain changed to a brief period of light snow on the backside of the low pressure system as it began to pull away from the region. This resulted in a swath of light snow which accumulated to an inch or inch and a half across western portions of the local area.