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 >

February 8, 2020
Light Snow

A quick-moving system brought a band of light snow through portions of the region in the early morning hours on February 8th. Snow generally accumulated between half and one and one half inches through early afternoon before tapering off. Slightly warmer temperatures by the afternoon melted some of the snow by the end of the day.