IOWA — Winter Storm Warnings Issued for the Quad Cities and Northern Iowa, A developing winter system is prompting Winter Storm Warnings across the Quad Cities region and northern Iowa, where forecasters warn of brief whiteout conditions, a rapid flash freeze, and snowfall totals approaching one inch. The National Weather Service updated its hazards map…
COLORADO — An extremely dangerous fire weather situation is unfolding across Colorado’s Front Range, with the Denver and Boulder metro areas at the center of what meteorologists are calling a historic and unprecedented threat. For the first time on record, a PDS (Particularly Dangerous Situation) Fire Weather Warning has been issued, signaling conditions capable of…
OREGON & WASHINGTON — A powerful windstorm tore across the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday, delivering some of the strongest wind gusts reported this season, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers and prompting expansive wind alerts across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. A Major Wind Event Batters the Pacific Northwest The most intense…
ILLINOIS — A Rapidly Intensifying Cold Front Will Sweep Across the State Thursday, A very sharp Arctic cold front is forecast to surge across Illinois around lunchtime Thursday, bringing one of the most abrupt temperature drops of the season. New high-resolution HRRR model guidance shows a 10°F to 12°F fall within a single hour, accompanied…
UNITED STATES — The National Hurricane Center has released its official post-analysis report on Tropical Storm Jerry, confirming that the early-October system caused significant flooding across portions of the Leeward Islands, with one fatality reported in Guadeloupe. The review, published December 17, provides the final track, intensity estimates, and impacts associated with the storm, which…
IDAHO — A Dangerous Severe Thunderstorm Warning Has Been Issued for Multiple Southeastern Idaho Communities A severe thunderstorm warning is now in effect until 12:00 PM MST Wednesday, December 17, 2025, covering a wide swath of southeastern Idaho, including the communities of Preston, Montpelier, Malad City, Oxford, Samaria, Stone, Strevell, Saint Charles, and Georgetown. According…
IDAHO — A powerful wind event struck parts of Idaho on Wednesday morning, bringing destructive thunderstorms, damaging gusts over 80 mph, and widespread wind reports across multiple counties. According to updated storm data from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, at least 26 wind reports were submitted across the state on December 17, highlighting the severity…
WASHINGTON & OREGON — A powerful windstorm blasted the Pacific Northwest over the last 24 hours, producing extraordinary and destructive wind gusts, including a staggering 142 mph reading at Coldwater Ridge, Washington. The unprecedented wind speeds triggered widespread power outages, downed trees, and forced emergency responses across multiple counties. A Powerful Windstorm Batters Washington and…
IDAHO & WASHINGTON — A life-threatening severe thunderstorm warning was issued early Wednesday morning for several communities across northwestern Idaho and southeastern Washington, including Lewiston (ID), Pullman (WA), and Moscow (ID). A Dangerous Early-Morning Storm Threatens Communities in Idaho and Washington The National Weather Service warned that this rapidly moving storm is capable of producing…
Wyoming — A Rapidly Deepening Storm System Is Reshaping the Atmosphere Over North America, A powerful mid-latitude cyclone developing on the lee side of the northern Rockies—centered over Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas—is triggering a massive atmospheric response across much of the United States, according to new mesoscale analysis maps reviewed Wednesday evening. Meteorologists describe…