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 >

Cold Advisory For Newborn Livestock (CANL)

The CANL graphics below show the risk of cold exposure to newborn livestock. The risk is related to wind chill temperature, precipitation, and humidity, and ranges from "NONE" for no risk, to "EXTREME" for rare and particularly dangerous situations. For more information about this product, including categorical thresholds, click here. The images below are each valid for a 6 hour time period out to 66 hours. Click on the images to expand and see the forecast valid time. The CANL images are updated at least twice daily at 4 am and 4 pm PST.

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NONE: Wind Chill above 41 degrees
SLIGHT: Wind Chill less than 41 degrees for two or more hours
MILD: Wind Chill less than 32 degrees for two or more hours
MODERATE: Wind Chill less than 0 degrees for two or more hours or Wind Chill less than 36 degrees for two or more hours and .02" precipitation
SEVERE: Wind Chill of -9 degrees or colder for two or more hours, or wind chill of less than 34 degrees for two or more hours and .05" of precipitation
EXTREME: Wind Chill of -18 or colder for two or more hours, or wind chill less than 32 degrees for two or more hours and .1" of precipitation

For sunny conditions (Cloud cover less than 40%), reduce wind chill thresholds by 10 degrees
For humid conditions (Minimum relative humidity remaining above 95%), increase wind chill thresholds by 10 degrees
For dry snow conditions (Maximum temperature remains less than 26F), double the precipitation thresholds for MOD-EXTREME

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