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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 strong area of low pressure lifted northeast across the Great Lakes, bringing a swath of heavy snow to eastern Wisconsin on Saturday, March 25, 2023.

Initially, the surface low was forecast to track northeast across southern Illinois and central Indiana, with a west to east area of banded snowfall. However, as the event unfolded, the surface low tracked further northwest across northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana. This allowed the banded area of heavy snow to shift to the west, by about 30-60 miles, and become oriented more south to north, centered over the Fox Valley.

The snow piled up quickly (2-4" per hour!) due to impressive snowfall rates on Saturday morning, leading to difficult travel, and a few isolated power outages. Both Green Bay and Appleton saw record snowfall during this event.

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How the storm track and axis of heavier snow shifted west
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Radar Loop

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GOES AirMass Composite Satellite

 

 

 

 

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