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Snowy, Very Cold and Windy from the Northern Plains to Great Lakes; Critical Fire Weather in South Texas

Moderate to heavy lake effect snow is expected downwind of the Great Lakes, with the Chicago metro potentially receiving 6 to 12 inches of snowfall. A frigid airmass will bring very cold temperatures to the Central U.S. and Mississippi Valley today, migrating into the Eastern U.S. on Monday. Dry and windy weather will bring critical fire weather conditions to South Texas today. Read More >

A series of storms affected the forecast area the week of Thanksgiving. The first snowstorm to move through the area begin in the evening on Monday November 25, 2019 across western Nebraska. Snow continued into Tuesday spreading eastward across the state. A good portion of southwest, western and north central Nebraska saw significant snowfall.

 

A second system moved through the area on Thanksgiving day and brought areas of light freezing drizzle and light snowfall accumulations. Areas of light freezing drizzle and fog were mostly seen across portions of southwest Nebraska while areas of light snow mixed with freezing drizzle at times were across north central, central into north eastern Nebraska.

 

A third and final storm system for the week of Thanksgiving moved through the area Friday morning through Saturday night. This system brought blizzard conditions across northern Nebraska along with high winds across portions of southwest and north central Nebraska.