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Tracking Late December Winter Storm Expected to Impact the Northern Plains through the Northeast U.S.

A winter storm system will rapidly intensify over the Midwest on Sunday and track through the Great Lakes on Monday. Periods of heavy snow are anticipated across the Upper Great Lakes late Sunday and continuing into Monday. At least 1/10 inch of ice accumulation is expected from a wintry mix across much of the interior Northeast U.S. starting Sunday afternoon. Read More >

BLUE MOUNTAINS (4,000 FT TO 6,000 FT)
 
 DATE                                        SUNDAY 12/28/25                         MONDAY 12/29/25
 TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                    4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   
 
 CLOUD COVER        BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK
 CLOUD COVER (%)    65   65   80   85   80   55   35   20   35   45   45   60   50   45   45   40   65
 TEMPERATURE        21   19   19   21   20   19   23   26   24   21   22   22   22   21   26   30   28
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           18                  27                  20                  30
 WIND DIR           NW    W    W    W   SW   SW    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
 WIND (MPH)          4    3    2    2    2    2    2    1    1    3    3    4    4    5    5    4    3
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5   10   10    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 PRECIP TYPE                                                                                          
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  0.5  0.6  0.9  1.0  1.0  0.9  1.5  1.8  1.7  1.7  1.5  1.6  1.1  0.9  1.4  2.4  2.4
 
 

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES --- 
CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN