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Frigid Airmass to Bring Significantly Colder Temperatures; Snow Continues Downwind of the Great Lakes

A frigid cold airmass will bring significantly colder weather across the eastern two thirds of the country early this week. Record low temperatures are expected in the Southeast by Tuesday morning. Moderate to heavy lake effect snow will continue downwind of the Great Lakes through Monday. Several inches of snow accumulation is expected, including in portions of the Chicago Metro Read More >

NWS Jackson, KY Incident Meteorologists (IMETs) have deployed to wildfires in Colorado, Idaho, Washington, California, and Oregon during 2021 and provided weather support to incident management teams during what has been a very active season. Curious what the role of an IMET is on a wildfire? See the image below or go to https://www.weather.gov/news/imet-article