Heavy snow blankets a vast area spanning from New Mexico to Minnesota
A winter storm has buffeted the western U-S with violent wind gusts, heavy rain and about 2 feet of snow
More than a million calls forced Arizona highway hotline to shut down after up to two feet of snow blanketed parts of the state.
“We’re expecting almost a one-two punch across the middle part of the country over the next two days.” A National Weather Service forecaster told reporters.
“Once the large-scale pattern sets up you can be very stormy and have one after another.”
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National Snow Analyses – NOHRSC/NWS/NOAA
Another MOA Storms Brewing Offshore U-S Pacific ?
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Snow Cover US (December 31, 2010)
- Area Covered By Snow: 50.9%
- Area Covered Last Month: 34.2%
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Snow Cover Animations:
- Snow Water Equivalent: Season — Two weeks — One Day
- Snow Depth: Season — Two weeks — One Day
- Average Snowpack Temp: Season — Two weeks — One Day
- SWE Change: Season — Two weeks — One Day
- Snow Precipitation: Season — Two weeks — One Day
- Snow Melt: Season — Two weeks — One Day
- Blowing Snow Sublimation: Season — Two weeks — One Day
- Surface Sublimation: Season — Two weeks — One Day
- Non-Snow Precipitation: Season — Two weeks — One Da
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