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Fire Weather Concerns in the Southern Plains and Southeast; Pacific System to Bring Unsettled Weather to the West Coast

Gusty winds and dry conditions will continue to bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions to the southern Plains and Southeast early this week. A Pacific storm system will bring low elevation rain and heavy high elevation mountain snow to northern and central California through early week, expanding into the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, and southern California on Tuesday. Read More >

A series of storms affected the forecast area the week of Thanksgiving. The first snowstorm to move through the area begin in the evening on Monday November 25, 2019 across western Nebraska. Snow continued into Tuesday spreading eastward across the state. A good portion of southwest, western and north central Nebraska saw significant snowfall.

 

A second system moved through the area on Thanksgiving day and brought areas of light freezing drizzle and light snowfall accumulations. Areas of light freezing drizzle and fog were mostly seen across portions of southwest Nebraska while areas of light snow mixed with freezing drizzle at times were across north central, central into north eastern Nebraska.

 

A third and final storm system for the week of Thanksgiving moved through the area Friday morning through Saturday night. This system brought blizzard conditions across northern Nebraska along with high winds across portions of southwest and north central Nebraska.