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For a large swath of the country, it’s definitely not Spring yet, as the areas of snowfall will expand as we progress toward the end of the week, find out where it’s snowing today and what to expect this week; plus, more of today’s weather news and forecast.
Snow will continue to fall in portions of the west, northwest, northern Rockies, and upper midwest today.
Snow will fall over portions of Washington, Oregon, northern California and over the eastern California mountains and Sierra, as well as parts of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Mixed precipitation will fall over portions of the Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin and northern Michigan that could potentially drop some snow.
Freezing rain is possible over portions of South Dakota, Nebraska, and Minnesota.
Summerlike temperatures will occur throughout the southern Plains and the central US today, as well as portions of the Southwest.
Oklahoma City will reach 82 today, Dallas will be 88, Lubbock and El Paso will hit 87. The warmest spots in the nation will be Houston at 91 and San Antonio at 92. Brownsville will hit 89 and New Orleans will soar to 87.
Florida will be warm, but it won’t be the warmest in the nation. By comparison, Jacksonville will be 88, Tampa 83, and Miami 86. In the southwest, Phoenix will only reach 79.
On Thursday, the snow and mixed precipitation pattern shifts east, expanding the area of ice storms to include South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Iowa, as well as east into New York, and bringing snowfall over northern Maine.
The snow pattern will grow significantly as it shifts southeast on Friday, bringing snow to the upper two-thirds of Arizona, western and northern New Mexico, and larger portions of Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado.
To the east, an expanding area of mixed precipitation will bring freezing rain to South Dakota, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
As the colder weather moves southeast on Friday, the clash with warmer temperatures will bring severe weather to the plains and the southern US, currently indicating the possibility of strong thunderstorms over portions of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
West: San Francisco 54, Los Angeles 64, Reno 42, Las Vegas 69, Salt Lake City 47, Denver 67.
Northwest & Northern Rockies: Seattle 50, Portland 50, Boise 45, Billings 43, Cheyenne 55, Bismarck 37, Rapid City 39.
Southwest: Phoenix 79, Albuquerque 72, El Paso 67, San Antonio 92, Brownsville 89.
Central & Upper Midwest: Lubbock 87, Dallas 88, Oklahoma City 82, Kansas City 72, Minneapolis 45, Madison 54.
Ohio Valley: Chicago 57, St. Louis 60, Detroit 55, Cincinnati 62, Indianapolis 59.
South: Houston 91, New Orleans 87, Memphis 65, Atlanta 69, Charlotte 70, Jacksonville 88, Tampa 83, Miami 86.
East: Norfolk 54, Washington, D.C. 48, Buffalo 53, New York 48, Boston 44, Bangor 41.
