Significant and Catastrophic Flooding in the Pacific Northwest; Very Cold Temperatures in the Northern Plains

The atmospheric river over the Pacific Northwest will begin to subside today, but lingering rainfall will exacerbate ongoing catastrophic major river flooding, and landslides will continue across portions of western Washington and northwest Oregon for several days. Arctic air will plummet southward into the Northern Plains today, bringing cold air in the single digits to the region by Friday. Read More >

Overview

A couple of mainly upper level systems brought some light, but impactful Wintry precipitation to parts of the Missouri Ozarks from Tuesday January 19th - Thursday January 21st, 2016.

The first of these systems brought some light freezing drizzle, which only measured a couple hundredths or less of precipitation, but caused major traffic and accident problems across the area during the rush hour on Tuesday.