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Critical Fire Weather in the West; Monitoring Tropical Storm Erin

Gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring critical fire weather conditions to parts of the Great Basin, interior Northwest, and Rockies Thursday. Red Flag Warnings have been issued. While there is still uncertainty in what impacts might occur to the U.S. east coast next week, the risk of dangerous surf and rip currents across the western Atlantic basin is increasing. Read More >

A widespread snow event occurred on Friday night, Jan 18, through midday on Saturday, Jan 19. Most places received over three inches of snow and along and north of I-88 most places saw 6+" of snow.  Winds increased early Saturday resulting in areas of blowing snow and reduced visibility throughout Saturday. After this event was complete, colder air moved into the area generating lake effect snow that mainly impacted northwest Indiana.
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Widespread snow from Jan 18-19, including some lake effect snow in northeast Illinois early on the 20th
Snowfall Map
Lake effect snow from Jan 20-21

 

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