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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 >

 

October 2018 will go down in the record books cooler and wetter than normal for most. At Green Bay, the temperature averaged a tenth of a degree above normal. For locations north and west of Green Bay, temperatures averaged 1 to 3 degrees below normal where Rhinelander was 1.3 F below normal and Wausau 3.0 F below normal. It was a very wet October across the region. Wausau recorded the 5th wettest October on record, while Green Bay and Rhinelander recorded the 6th wettest October on record.

Additional information can be found on the Midwest Climate Watch from the Midwest Climate Center at: https://mrcc.illinois.edu/cliwatch/watch.htm