A storm bringing snow to Texas and Oklahoma will spread a swath of wet snow during the middle of the week along the Ohio River.
The storm is forecast to bring snow to portions of Oklahoma, northwestern Texas and southern Kansas Tuesday spreading to northern Arkansas and southern Missouri Tuesday evening according to Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski.
The same storm will continue to move along an east to northeast path through the middle of the week.
Since the Ohio Valley region was experiencing mild conditions Tuesday, some of the snow that falls Tuesday night into Wednesday will melt as it falls.
In this area from Kentucky to the southern parts of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, as well as western West Virginia, the Virginia Panhandle and northeastern Tennessee, a mixture of rain and snow, or very wet snow, will fall. This includes the cities of Cairo, Ill.; Evansville, Ind.; Louisville, London and Paducah, Ky.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Huntington, Charleston and Morgantown, W.Va.; and Bristol, Tenn.
Some of the snow will melt as it falls upon warm surfaces, such as roads and sidewalks. However, where it snows hard for a couple of hours, it can accumulate on these surfaces, especially in the hilly areas and higher elevations. (Photos.com file image and thumbnail)
A few locations within the Ohio Valley can pick up a couple of slushy inches.
Farther east, the storm system will push through part of the central Appalachians of West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland Wednesday. While wet snow is the favored form of precipitation in the mountains with up to 6 inches possible, it could turn cold enough to allow a mix of snow and rain even in the valleys.
A pattern favoring multiple storms from the Southwest could bring additional opportunities for snow from the southern Plains to parts of the Midwest through the end of the month.
So far this year California has seen 1,569 wildfires, 85 percent more than in an average year.
The Memorial Day weekend will begin cool, windy and rainy in New England and part of the mid-Atlantic.
GOES-East failed again late Tuesday. It is one of the main satellites meteorologists use for the eastern part of the United States and the tropical Atlantic.
The tornado tore through a path 17 miles long on Monday and had wind speeds as high as 200 mph.
On the two-year anniversary of the EF-5 tornado that leveled Joplin, Mo., the town has deployed assistance to Moore, Okla.
Severe weather has finally died down in the Northeast following more than 100 damage reports from Tennessee to New York.
| Extreme | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| High | N/A | |
| Low | N/A | |
| Precip | N/A |
Washington, DC (1925)
97 degrees.
New Hampshire (1814)
Merrimac, Litchfield, Londonderry and
North Chester, NH; Tornado and hailstones
with 11-inch circumference weighing 1/2
pound.
Pennsylvania (1984)
Over $150,000 damage in Monroe and Pike
counties from a thunderstorm downburst
(originally thought to be tornadoes).
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