Weather
Weather report: Mild conditions return to the Plains
In the West, freeze warnings are in effect again across parts of the San Joaquin Valley, as well as the Desert Southwest, although the most significant portion of the cold wave has already occurred. On the Plains, mild weather is returning. In the Corn Belt, precipitation (rain and freezing rain) is gradually ending in the middle Ohio Valley. In the South, a sharp temperature gradient exists, with very warm weather in the southern Atlantic States contrasting with cool conditions west of the Appalachians.
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Weather report: Cold conditions persist on the Plains
In the West, parts of California’s Central Valley and the Desert Southwest are experiencing another freeze. On the Plains, cold conditions persist. In the Corn Belt, cool, dry weather prevails. In the South, rain stretches from the central Gulf Coast into the southern Mid-Atlantic region.
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Weather report: Cold and dry in the West
In the West, cold, dry weather prevails, except for some snow showers across the interior Northwest. On the Plains, cold weather is posing a threat to already drought-stressed wheat across central areas. In the Corn Belt, cold, dry weather prevails, except for some snow showers downwind of the Great Lakes. In the South, warmth lingers in the Atlantic Coast States, but sharply colder air is overspreading the remainder of the region.
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Weather report: Light rain stretches across the central Plains
In the West, scattered rain and snow showers are occurring along and northwest of a line from California to Idaho. On the Plains, generally light rain is providing limited drought relief in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Texas. In the Corn Belt, light rain is spreading across the southern tier of the region, including Missouri and southern portions of Illinois and Indiana. In the South, heavy showers and locally severe thunderstorms are rolling across the lower Mississippi Valley, where some flooding is underway.
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Weather report: Showers and storms push through Texas
In the West, precipitation is confined to the Pacific Northwest. On the Plains, showers and thunderstorms are affecting southern, central, and eastern Texas. In the Corn Belt, some light rain is falling in the Ohio Valley and the lower Great Lakes region. In the South, warm weather prevails in advance of an approaching storm.
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Weather report: Cool across Texas
In the West, cool weather lingers in the Four Corners States, but mild air is overspreading the remainder of the region. On the Plains, cool conditions linger across Texas, but mild, dry weather prevails across the remainder of the nation’s mid-section. In the Corn Belt, mild weather is starting to melt a snow cover that has persisted for 2 to 3 weeks across the Ohio Valley and the upper Midwest. In the South, rain is developing in the western Gulf Coast region.
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Weather report: Mild in the Corn Belt
In the West, cool conditions linger most prominently in the southernmost Rockies, where some snow is falling. On the Plains, some light precipitation (rain and snow) is falling across southernmost areas. In the Corn Belt, mild conditions are developing across the upper Midwest. In the South, scattered showers are confined to Florida’s peninsula.
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Weather report: Freeze warnings in California
In the West, freeze warnings are in effect this morning in parts of California’s San Joaquin Valley. On the Plains, a shallow to moderately deep snow cover is helping to insulate winter wheat across northern and central portions of the region. In the Corn Belt, a variable snow cover exists. In the South, a band of rain stretches from the central Gulf Coast into the eastern Carolinas.
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Weather report: Cold and dry in the Corn Belt
In the West, dry weather accompanies below-normal temperatures. On the Plains, winter wheat conditions have generally deteriorated during the last month, except for some modest improvements in northern production areas. In the Corn Belt, cold, dry weather prevails, except for some light snow across the far upper Midwest. In the South, colder air is overspreading northern and western portions of the region, in the wake of recent rainfall.
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Weather report: Cloudy, cold conditions dominate on the Plains
In the West, showers are returning to the Pacific Coast, although inland accumulations of rain and snow are expected to be light. On the Plains, cloudy albeit cold weather dominates. In the Corn Belt, snow showers linger this morning in the northern Mississippi Valley, with local accumulations of several inches possible. In the South, rain is moving eastward from the western Gulf Coast States and is expected to reach northern Florida overnight.
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Weather report: Major winter storm underway in the Ohio Valley
In the West, scattered rain and snow showers are most numerous across California, the Intermountain West, and the Northwest. On the Plains, cold, mostly dry weather prevails. In the Corn Belt, a major winter storm is underway in the Ohio Valley, where frozen precipitation (snow, sleet, and freezing rain) is occurring. In the South, cold, windy weather is spreading into the Gulf Coast States in the wake of a Christmas Day severe weather outbreak that resulted in at least two dozen tornadoes from eastern Texas to southern Alabama.
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