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Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern New England; Fire Weather Concerns in the West

Heavy rain and isolated severe thunderstorms may continue to bring flash and urban flooding to the northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England through tonight. Isolated dry thunderstorms will continue to bring a fire weather threat to the northwestern Great Basin through Friday. Read More >

Multiple weather systems passed across northern Illinois from Oct 29-31. The rapid succession of these resulted in cold enough air to keep precipitation type mainly as snow for the final system especially on Halloween day. The snow amounts were the most snow on Halloween day on record for long term climate sites in northern Illinois (Chicago and Rockford). Amounts were even in excess of 5" in parts of far northern Illinois. Snow had been mentioned in the forecast as early as six days in advance, and then the message of accumulating snow refined during the week of.  
Snow Photo
Photo courtesy of Andrew Blackford in Valparaiso, IN

 

 

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