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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 >

Overview

A large upper level storm system tracked across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and northeast Missouri Thursday night and Friday morning.  This system brought a long duration snow event to the region, with totals mainly between 2 and 6 inches of snow.  This was also the most snow to ever fall on Halloween for much of the forecast area. For more, see our Halloween Climatology Page.

Official NWS Obs:

Moline: 4.7"

Davenport: 4.5"

Dubuque: 6.0"

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Surface Map 06z 10/31
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