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Snow showers this weekend

A large system will move through this weekend. We’re expecting to see heavy snow in our mountains, with some acclamations in the Snake River Plain. Saturday, a chance of snow with highs in the mid 30’s for the Snake River Plain. Winds at 10-15 mph, with new snow accumulation of less than a half inch

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Next winter storm brings threat of tornadoes, blizzard conditions and flooding early next week

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Back-to-back-to-back systems will make their way across the United States over the next few days, with the last — and largest — storm bringing heavy rain, blizzard conditions and the potential for tornadoes. While wintry weather is spreading into the Plains Thursday and will push into the upper Midwest on

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Avalanche warnings issued for Colorado as winter storms continue to impact the West

By Jennifer Gray and Monica Garrett, CNN meteorologists Multiple avalanche warnings are in place across western Colorado through the next couple of days due to favorable avalanche conditions. Meanwhile, a train of winter storms continues across the West, prompting winter weather advisories. Heavy snowfall combined with strong winds is overloading the weak snow near the

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Avalanche warnings issued for Colorado as winter storms continue to impact the West

By Jennifer Gray and Monica Garrett, CNN meteorologists Multiple avalanche warnings are in place across western Colorado through the next couple of days due to favorable avalanche conditions. Meanwhile, a train of winter storms continues across the West, prompting winter weather advisories. Heavy snowfall combined with strong winds is overloading the weak snow near the

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Parts of the West have double the normal snowpack. Experts say it’s too early to get excited

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas across the West, and for the parched mega-drought region, the December snow is a welcome gift. With back-to-back-to-back winter storms across the West, the snowpack is thriving. Parts of the Sierra and the Pacific Northwest are seeing above-average snowpack for this time

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Forecasters expect a ‘prolonged rainfall event’ across the South this week

By Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologist Several days of heavy rain are forecast across portions of the southern US this week, which could improve persisting drought conditions but also lead to significant flooding. “A prolonged rainfall event is expected across the Mississippi/Tennessee Valleys beginning Monday and extending into the weekend, as multiple waves of rainfall sweep

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More snow into Sunday

As the overnight storm moves out, cold air and SW winds 10-20 mph lock down the temperatures with single digit and below zero wind chills. Highs today with some sun pushing through will be in the low to mid 20’s in the valley. Everything that has flown and blown will freeze with ease, and real

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Winter Storm Warnings and snow today

Idaho Falls, Rexburg, St. Anthony, Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls, Shelley, Fort Hall, Burley, Rupert, Heyburn, Oakley, Albion, Almo, Malta, Rockland, WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 8 inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph. * WHERE…Idaho Falls, Rexburg, and St.

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After a slow start, the 2022 hurricane season roared in with memorable and destructive storms

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist As the hurricane season closes, a handful of blockbuster storms made history after an eerily quiet first half of the season gave false hope. “Overall, the season was less active than we anticipated,” said Phil Klotzbach, research scientist at Colorado State University. “We (and most other groups) forecast an above-normal

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After a slow start, the 2022 hurricane season roared in with memorable and destructive storms

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist As the hurricane season closes, a handful of blockbuster storms made history after an eerily quiet first half of the season gave false hope. “Overall, the season was less active than we anticipated,” said Phil Klotzbach, research scientist at Colorado State University. “We (and most other groups) forecast an above-normal

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More snow on the way

Tuesday night, a chance of snow with cloudy skies. A low around the mid to upper teens. For Wednesday, we’ll see a chance of snow with cloudy skies and highs in the lower 30’s. Winds at 10-15 mph, with more scattered snow showers for Wednesday night. Thursday, snow showers mainly for the afternoon and evening.

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A guide to those volcanic terms: Pele’s hair, caldera, volcanic ash — learn what they mean

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted this week for the first time in almost four decades. When volcanoes erupt, they can have disastrous effects on the environment and the communities that live around them. Sunday night’s eruption caused flight cancellations to and from Honolulu and sent lava flowing

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‘A significant severe-weather event will be likely’ this week, meteorologists say

By Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists A new robust storm system moving into the Pacific Northwest Sunday is expected to spawn severe storms in the South this week. The Storm Prediction Center has issued an early forecast warning, calling for “a significant severe-weather event” across parts of the lower Mississippi River Valley Tuesday.

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Snow showers to start Saturday

A quick blast of winter weather overnight tonight and lingering through early afternoon for the eastern highlands and western Wyoming will be the first storm to give us some travel concerns for the holiday weekend. Snow begins for the valley around 7am tomorrow morning along the I-15 corridor, and tracks quickly east, ending after a

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Slick travel as snow lingers

We’ll have leftover snow from a quick system that came through overnight. Slightly cooler for Thanksgiving Day with highs in the upper 20’s to lower 30’s for Idaho Falls and Jackson. Winds will calm from the 20+mph gusts today and it will be mainly cloudy until another wet weather threat arrives into Sunday and Monday

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Sunny and cold

Countdown to Thanksgiving with a little warmer temperatures, if you want to call it that. We are still below averages of 40 degrees or so, with highs edging to 32 and a little above that before Thanksgiving. Lows will come up from single digits to the teens and 20’s at week’s end with highs by

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Snowfall tops 6 feet in western New York, triggering road closures and flight cancellations the weekend before Thanksgiving

By Aya Elamroussi and Mallika Kallingal, CNN A historic snowstorm is slamming western New York state Saturday with more than 6 feet of snow in some places, closing roads, triggering driving bans and canceling flights the weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday. Another round of heavy lake-effect snowfall is expected to return to the Buffalo area

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Clear and cold this weekend

High pressure overhead will keep our weather pattern the same for this weekend. Arctic air will continue to spill over the Continental Divide, with below normal temperatures. Overnight lows around -1°, with wind chills as cold as -10°. Saturday, sunny with highs in the mid 20’s. Wind chill values as low as –10°, with north

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Drivers in western New York’s Erie County still advised to stay off the roads after deadly storm dumps almost 6 feet of snow in some areas

By Aya Elamroussi and Steve Almasy, CNN Even by western New York standards, Friday’s snowstorm was colossal, bringing eye-level accumulation totals to some areas and prompting officials to tell many people who are used to driving in bad weather to stay off the roads. “I can say that our deputies have been just absolutely inundated

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Snowfall tops 6 feet in western New York, triggering road closures and flight cancellations the weekend before Thanksgiving

By Aya Elamroussi and Mallika Kallingal, CNN A historic snowstorm is slamming western New York state Saturday with more than 6 feet of snow in some places, closing roads, triggering driving bans and canceling flights the weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday. Another round of heavy lake-effect snowfall is expected to return to the Buffalo area

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A potentially historic storm is bearing down on western New York state, bringing treacherous snowfall that could damage infrastructure

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Thursday’s heavy snowfall that has pounded parts of western New York state will persist into Friday, when the worst of the potentially historic storm may cause trees to topple and property damage. “The snowfall will produce near zero visibility, difficult to impossible travel, damage to infrastructure, and paralyze the hardest-hit communities,”

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Drivers in western New York’s Erie County still advised to stay off the roads after deadly storm dumps almost 6 feet of snow in some areas

By Aya Elamroussi and Steve Almasy, CNN Even by western New York standards, Friday’s snowstorm was colossal, bringing eye-level accumulation totals to some areas and prompting officials to tell many people who are used to driving in bad weather to stay off the roads. “I can say that our deputies have been just absolutely inundated

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Wind Chill Warning issued

WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM MST FRIDAY… WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 25 BELOW ZERO FOR MUD LAKE, INL, CRATERS OF THE MOON NM, ISLAND PARK, KILGORE, DUBOIS, SPENCER, EDIE SCHOOL, SMALL, HOWE, ARCO, MACKAY, AND CHILLY FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM FRIDAY. FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN CAN

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What causes lake-effect snow?

By Ralph Ellis, CNN It takes just the right conditions to produce lake-effect snow, but when they come together, it creates some of the most extreme winter weather found anywhere on the planet. Perfectly blue skies can turn to a blinding snow storm in minutes, producing snow amounts that will bury your ruler in a

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What causes lake-effect snow?

By Ralph Ellis, CNN It takes just the right conditions to produce lake-effect snow, but when they come together, it creates some of the most extreme winter weather found anywhere on the planet. Perfectly blue skies can turn to a blinding snow storm in minutes, producing snow amounts that will bury your ruler in a

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Feet of snow expected for western New York as prolonged ‘crippling’ lake effect snow begins tonight

By Jennifer Gray and Monica Garrett, CNN meteorologists For western New York, snow typically is no big deal. But this week’s lake effect snowfall in the region is expected to be “paralyzing,” forecasters say. The multi-day snowfall is forecast to kick off Wednesday evening and run through much of the weekend, ending with snow measured

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