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Lake Effect Snow through Friday; Heavy Rain, Thunderstorms and Mountain Snow in California

Periods of moderate to heavy lake effect snow will continue through Friday downwind of Lake Erie and Ontario. Several additional inches of accumulating snow are expected. A Pacific storm will bring heavy rain and mountain snow across California, the Southwest and Intermountain West today. Isolated severe thunderstorms and scattered flash flooding is possible across parts of southern California. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 8:46:44 am CST

Above normal temperatures and dry conditions are forecast for the first day of 2026.
Rain chances are increasing late Thursday night into Friday, with a low to medium chance across much of eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas from 12 am to 6 pm Friday. A few locales may see rainfall totals up to a quarter of an inch.
Above normal temperatures, reduced afternoon relative humidities and increased southerly winds will combine to raise fire weather concerns on Sunday. Rainfall on Friday may locally impact fuels. Continue to monitor forecasts as the upcoming weekend approaches.
December 2025 ended well above normal temperature-wise and well below normal precipitation-wise for Tulsa, Fort Smith and Fayetteville. All three sites set all-time record highs for the month on the 27th and Fort Smith and Fayetteville both finished with their record driest Decembers on record.
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