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Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

Life threatening cold will continue tonight with wind chills as low as 60 below zero. Life threatening cold looks to continue through at least Wednesday morning. Warmer temperatures still look to return later this week.
Late last night (on the 17th), the Bismarck Airport fell to -35 degrees, breaking a 150-year old record low! Record cold maximum temperatures were observed at Dickinson and Williston yesterday, and Minot just missed both their record low and cold maximum by 1 degree. At least near-record cold remains in the forecast through Wednesday, though daytime temperatures are likely to be a few degrees warmer each day.