Weekly Weather Watch: Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
A strong cold front will sweep across the Great Lakes today and into the Northeastern US and Canadian Maritimes on Thursday. Expect intense bursts of heavy snowfall and gusty winds. Remaining behind this front is freezing rain and heavy snowfall in parts of Canada. Here are other items to keep track of in this week’s Weather Watch.
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HEADLINERS:
Arctic cold will spread across the Northeast and Eastern US.
Heavy rainfall from the west-central Gulf Coast to the Appalachians this weekend to early next week.
Slight risk of much below normal temperatures across portions of the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley, Thu, Dec 12.
Slight risk of heavy precipitation across portions of the Northeast, Thu, Dec 12.
Slight risk of heavy precipitation across portions of the Pacific Northwest and the northern half of California, Thu-Mon, Dec 12-16.
Slight risk of heavy snow across portions of the Interior Northeast, Thu, Dec 12.
Slight risk of heavy snow across portions of the Cascades, Klamath, and Sierra Nevadas, Thu-Mon, Dec 12-16.
Slight risk of heavy snow across portions of the Northern and Central Rockies, Thu-Mon, Dec 12-16.
Slight risk of high winds across portions of the Great Lakes and Northeast, Thu, Dec 12.
Slight risk of high winds across much of the northwestern quadrant of the CONUS extending into the Northern and Central Plains, Thu-Mon, Dec 12-16.
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On this date in weather history
1902 Brutally cold temperatures of -42.7 did not deter firefighters in Dawson, Yukon from attacking a fire at the Empire Hotel. Despite intense heat caused by the fire, many firefighters' nosetips were frozen and fire hoses flowing at full pressure were frozen in 2 hours.
Pacific tropical moisture will drive one of the bigger weather stories this week as it gets pulled north into a slow-moving storm over the Southwest. New Mexico and western Texas face the greatest flash-flood threat early in the week, before heavy rain expands across the Southern Plains, Central Plains and Midwest. Some areas could pick up 3 to 6 inches of rain, with locally higher totals. The wet pattern won’t end quickly either, with the threat gradually shifting east toward the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys later this week and into the weekend. Meanwhile, the Nor’easter affecting New England is winding down, while late-season heat hangs on across southern Texas and eventually builds across parts of the West.