Amazing National Weather Map

Here is a current surface map of this amazing and very large winter storm!

This storm has already forced the cancellation of nearly 3,000 flights in the USA!

Click here to see cancelled flights!

Historical Snow and Winter Event In Progress

A major and far-reaching winter storm is moving across the eastern two-thirds of the country. Along with it is bitter cold air straight out of the Arctic.

Blizzard conditions are expected from near Dallas, TX to Michigan - including Chicago, Kansas City and St. Louis.

Temps well below zero are in place from Colorado to Minnesota.

Ahead of the storm - some severe weather is possible.  In between the snow and storms will be significant ice.

By the end of the week, very cold air and even some snow is possible all the way to the Gulf Coast of Texas. Houston has snow in the forecast Thursday into Friday!!

How low will it go?

Bitter cold and extremely dangerous temperatures are moving toward Colorado.   I don't publish this as a "scare" but more so to inform you that these dangerous conditions are a very real possibility this week.

Please spread the word to anyone you know with outdoor pets. They MUST come inside Monday through Wednesday. 

And if you have livestock animals - don't forget they need extra shelter, hay and water with some type of warmer so it doesn't freeze!

I am also very concerned for the homeless - I am sure many shelters will be open around the city. I hope no homeless people try and sleep in the elements.

If Denver drops below zero on Monday and stays there until Wednesday afternoon - it wll be the first time that has happened since January 11-12, 1997.   That was the last time when the daytime high in Denver failed to reach 0 degrees.

The record low daytime high on Tuesday in Denver is 2 degrees above zero set in 1985.  That record may just fall this year!

POTENTIAL MONDAY NIGHT LOWS

• Denver (Downtown) -8

• Denver International Airport -11

• Aurora -10

• Boulder -9

• Castle Rock – 10

• Evergreen -13

• Cheyenne, WY -15

• Greeley -16

• Fort Collins – 11

• Akron -13

• Colorado Springs -6

• Pueblo -5

• Limon -10

• Lamar – 4

POTENTIAL TUESDAY NIGHT LOWS

**If cloud cover is slower to clear than expected, lows will be 5 to 10 degrees warmer than forecasted**

• Denver (Downtown) -16

• Denver International Airport -21

• Aurora -19

• Boulder -18

• Castle Rock -19

• Evergreen -20

• Cheyenne, WY -20

• Greeley -25

• Fort Collins -19

• Akron -22

• Colorado Springs -18

• Pueblo -21

• Limon -24

• Lamar – 17

HERE IS A COOL EXPERIMENT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE BITTER COLD!!!

Boil hot water and pour it into a cup.  (Don't burn yourself!)   Go outside and hoist the water as far into the air as you can.  The water will instantly vaporize and turn into a cloud when temps are 10 below or colder.

It's pretty cool!

Bitter Cold To Start February

Some of the coldest air of the season is on the way to many who live along and west of the Rocky Mountains. Here in Denver we are expecting temps to fall below zero for up to 48 hours!

This map is from Sunday morning - 8am Mountain.

Big Cold Snap, Potential Winter Storm Coming

A big trough of low pressure will slide down the Rockies as we head into next week - bringing cold and the chance for unsettled weather to many.

Colder than normal temperatures are expected to plunge all the way to the Gulf of Mexico and south Texas.

Along with the cold air will be another round of winter weather - with snow and potentially an ice storm for locatons from Oklahoma to Washington D.C.

In the south, heavy rain is expected - and possibly even a small outbreak of severe weather sometime Tuesday into Wednesday across the Arklatex region.

If this storm digs a bit further south - then the bands of wintry weather could shift south - bringing snow and ice to parts of Dixie.

Of course this is over 90 hours away and a lot could change - but the bottom line is expect cooler and unsettled weather as we head into Tuesday and Wednesday of next week across most of the lower 48 states along and east of the Rocky Mountains!

Snowiest January on Record

January 2011 is now the snowiest January on record for some New York area weather stations. And the month isn't over!


                                       OLD RECORD                JANUARY 2011 TOTAL

CENTRAL PARK         27.4 INCHES (1925)           36.0 INCHES

NEWARK                     31.6 INCHES (1996)            37.3 INCHES

LAGUARDIA                27.6 INCHES (1996)           32.4 INCHES

BRIDGEPORT              26.2 INCHES (1965)           41.8 INCHES

ISLIP                            21.5 INCHES (2005)            34.2 INCHES

Another 1-2 Feet

For the 3rd time since Christmas, a major snow storm has slammed the northeast urban corridor with 10 to 20 inches of snow.

The heavy snow snarled traffic, closed schools and created a lot of pretty winter scenes from the national capital to Boston.

Here are just a few snow totals. Click the links for more.

New York City & Vicinity

Boston & Vicinity

Philadelphia & Vicinity

Baltimore/Washington DC & Vicinity

Severe Weather Season Coming Up Soon

Well perhaps this map is just a taste of things to come in the weeks ahead.  We're getting closer and closer to the annual "battle of the air masses" - also known as the spring severe weather season.

Today's national watch and warning map shows winter and spring/summer with tornado watches and warnings over central Florida - and winter weather watches and warnings as close as north Georgia!

New Winter Storm Developing

Winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings/watches are in effect from northern Mississippi to New England today.

An area of low pressure will be developing over the central Gulf Coast - and it's loaded with moisture. Places like central Georgia are expecting a cold and steady rain for the middle of the week.

Areas under the winter weather highlights are expecting anywhere from 1 to 6 inches of snow - maybe more?  We're talking places like Nashville, Huntsville, and Memphis - extending right up along the spine of the Appalachians and into New England.

Meanwhile on the warm side of the low pressure, strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to develop across central Florida where a Tornado Watch has been issued by the Storms Prediction Center.

Another Snow For Northeast?

Here is the latest weather threats map issued by the Climate Prediction Center for next week.  It shows wind and maybe another snowstorm on the way for the Megalopolis (DC to Boston).

The wind is here in Colorado today. Gusts over 100 mph on the highest peaks.  30 to 50 elsewhere with some 70 to 90 mph gusts along the foothills west of Interstate 25.

Hold onto your hats!!!

C-C-C-Cold in Minnesota

Check out the 7 am temperatures across Minnesota this Friday morning.  Nearly 30 below on the south side of the Twin Cities.  Near 40 below along the Canadian border.

WEATHER ROUNDUP FOR MINNESOTA


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

700 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011





NOTE: "FAIR" INDICATES FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW 12,000 FEET WITH NO

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND/OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. N/A MEANS

CURRENT SKY AND/OR WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.



MNZ060>063-068>070-211400-

Twin Cities Metro



CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS

TWIN CITIES FLURRIES -14 -21 71 CALM 30.11S

ST PAUL CLEAR -15 -20 78 CALM 30.14S

CRYSTAL CLEAR -19 -27 66 CALM 30.10S

BLAINE CLEAR -20 -26 76 CALM 30.09F

EDEN PRAIRIE CLEAR -21 -27 73 CALM 30.09F

LAKEVILLE CLEAR -29 -35 75 CALM 30.09F

SOUTH ST PAUL N/A -17 -23 74 CALM 30.12S

LAKE ELMO FAIR -27 -35 68 CALM 30.09F

$$

MNZ001>005-007-008-013>017-022>024-027-028-211400-

Northwest Minnesota



CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS

BEMIDJI MOCLDY -24 -29 76 CALM 29.97R

HALLOCK LGT SNOW -15 -18 84 SE17 29.94F WCI -40

ROSEAU CLOUDY -15 -18 84 SE12 29.95F WCI -36

WARROAD MOCLDY -17 -24 70 SE5 29.96F

THIEF RVR FALL CLOUDY -18 -29 57 SE8 29.97S WCI -37

CROOKSTON CLOUDY -15 -18 84 S15 30.00S WCI -38

FOSSTON CLOUDY -17 -20 83 SE6 29.92S

DETROIT LAKES PTCLDY -18 -26 69 SE9 29.97S WCI -38

MOORHEAD CLOUDY -15 -20 76 S13 29.97F WCI -37

PARK RAPIDS CLOUDY -25 -30 78 SE9 29.96S WCI -46

$$

MNZ006-009>011-018-025>026-211400-

North Central Minnesota



CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS

BAUDETTE CLOUDY -27 -33 73 SE3 29.99F

FLAG ISLAND MOCLDY -24 -29 76 SE6 29.98R

INTL FALLS CLOUDY -31 32 100 CALM 30.00F

WASKISH CLOUDY -24 -29 76 E3 29.97S

BIG FORK N/A -38 -47 60 CALM 29.98

LONGVILLE MOCLDY -35 -42 67 CALM 29.99F

GRAND RAPIDS MOCLDY -33 N/A N/A CALM 29.98F

CRANE LAKE PTCLDY -36 -44 67 CALM 30.05F

COOK N/A N/A N/A N/A CALM 30.00S

$$

MNZ012-019>021-037-211400-

Northeast Minnesota



CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS

DULUTH CLEAR -23 -29 73 CALM 29.98S

ELY N/A N/A N/A N/A MISG N/A

HIBBING CLEAR -33 32 100 CALM 29.99F HAZE

EVELETH CLEAR -29 -38 62 CALM 30.00F

DULUTH HARBOR CLEAR -18 -26 69 NW7 30.12S

TWO HARBORS PTCLDY -27 -36 62 CALM 29.99S

SILVER BAY PTCLDY -27 -36 62 CALM 30.01S

GRAND MARAIS N/A -12 -23 57 VRB7 30.08F

G MARAIS ARPRT PTCLDY -27 -35 68 N3 29.91R

$$

MNZ029>031-032-039>041-046>048-054>057-064-211400-

West Central Minnesota



CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS

FERGUS FALLS MOCLDY -17 -20 83 SE12 30.04F WCI -38

WHEATON MOCLDY -17 -20 83 SE13 30.05F WCI -39

MORRIS MOCLDY -18 -26 69 SE12 30.00F WCI -40

ALEXANDRIA N/A N/A N/A N/A MISG 29.98S

ELBOW LAKE FAIR -17 -23 75 SE9 29.99F WCI -36

WADENA CLOUDY N/A N/A N/A E5 29.98S

GLENWOOD MOCLDY -20 -27 69 E3 30.00S

APPLETON PTCLDY -18 -24 76 SE6 30.05R

BENSON MOCLDY -18 -24 76 S6 30.03S

ORTONVILLE CLOUDY -18 -26 69 SE6 30.01R

MADISON PTCLDY -20 -26 76 S6 30.02F

WILLMAR N/A -18 -24 76 SE7 30.01F

$$

MNZ033>034-036-042>043-049>051-058-059-211400-

Central Minnesota



CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS

ST CLOUD PTCLDY -26 -29 83 CALM 30.05F

SAUK CENTRE FAIR -19 -24 77 E3 30.01S

PAYNESVILLE PTCLDY -26 -31 74 CALM 30.02F

AITKIN CLEAR -33 -42 61 CALM 30.01F

PINE RIVER MOCLDY -31 -38 68 CALM 30.03F

BRAINERD PTCLDY -29 -37 65 VRB3 30.02F

STAPLES CLOUDY -26 -29 83 SE3 29.99F

LONG PRAIRIE FAIR -20 -25 76 CALM 30.01R

LITTLE FALLS PTCLDY -26 -33 68 CALM 30.05F

LITCHFIELD CLEAR -24 -29 76 SE3 30.03F

BUFFALO CLEAR -27 -32 77 CALM 30.09F

MAPLE LAKE CLEAR -26 -31 75 CALM 30.06F

$$

MNZ037-044-045-052-053-211400-

East Central Minnesota



CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS

PRINCETON CLEAR -31 -38 68 CALM 30.06F

MORA CLEAR -27 -35 68 CALM 30.07F

CAMBRIDGE CLEAR -27 -33 75 CALM 30.11F HAZE

RUSH CITY CLEAR -25 -31 75 CALM 30.09F

MOOSE LAKE PTCLDY -33 -40 68 CALM 30.03F

HINCKLEY FAIR -28 -35 72 CALM 30.06F

CLOQUET CLEAR -27 -36 62 NW5 30.00F

MCGREGOR CLEAR -31 -40 61 CALM 30.02F

$$

MNZ071>073-080-081-089-090-097-098-211400-

Southwest Minnesota



CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS

MONTEVIDEO PTCLDY -17 -20 83 S7 30.01F

GRANITE FALLS PTCLDY -19 -25 75 SE7 30.05F

CANBY PTCLDY -17 -22 80 S3 30.01S

MARSHALL PTCLDY -17 -24 70 SE6 30.01S

REDWOOD FALLS CLEAR -22 -26 82 S3 30.06S

OLIVIA PTCLDY -17 -24 70 SE5 30.05F

PIPESTONE CLOUDY -9 -15 77 SE8 29.94S WCI -26

WINDOM CLEAR -17 -20 83 CALM 30.00R

WORTHINGTON CLOUDY -11 -15 84 SE9 29.99S WCI -29

JACKSON PTCLDY -15 -18 84 SE5 30.00S

TRACY CLEAR -16 -21 78 S5 30.00F

SLAYTON PTCLDY -15 -20 77 CALM 29.98S

$$

MNZ065>067-074>077-082>085-091>093-211400-

South Central Minnesota



CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS

MANKATO CLEAR -22 N/A N/A E3 30.04F

NEW ULM CLEAR -20 -27 69 CALM 30.06S HAZE

ST JAMES CLEAR -22 -29 69 CALM 30.05S

FAIRMONT CLEAR -17 -20 83 S3 30.05S

GLENCOE CLEAR -29 -36 68 E3 30.07S

FARIBAULT CLEAR -27 -35 68 CALM 30.08S

OWATONNA CLEAR -26 -31 75 CALM 30.06S

WASECA CLEAR -22 -27 76 NE6 30.07F

ALBERT LEA PTCLDY -26 -29 83 CALM 30.02F HAZE

$$

MNZ078>079-086>088-094>096-211400-

Southeast Minnesota



CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS

ROCHESTER FLURRIES -20 -26 76 CALM 30.05S

RED WING CLEAR -26 -33 68 CALM 30.12R

STANTON CLEAR -29 -36 67 CALM 30.09S

DODGE CENTER PTCLDY -24 -29 76 CALM 30.04S

WINONA CLEAR -15 -26 58 CALM 30.14S

AUSTIN CLEAR -24 -29 76 CALM 30.04F

PRESTON CLEAR -17 -23 74 W3 30.06S

Midwest Snow Totals

Here are some snow totals from the current winter storm moving through the center of the nation...

Booneville, MO - 10.0 inches

St. Louis, MO - 9.6 inches

Topeka and Lawrence, KS - 4 to 8 inches

Harrison, AR - 2.0 inches

Winter Storm Moving Across Country

Another large and powerful winter storm is sweeping across the country this week.  This one is taking a track that will spread snow, sleet and freezing rain - along with very cold temps - from the Rockies to Atlantic.

Cities in the path of the storm include Denver, Wichita, Kansas City, St Louis, Little Rock, Memphis, Tulsa, Nashville and Cincinatti.

By Friday, snow will spread into New England - with several inches of the white stuff expected from New York to Boston.

Snow Cover in 47 of 48 Continental US States

Every U.S. state in the lower 48 has snow on the ground somewhere within their borders except Florida.

Isn't that cool?

See the picture below.

Winter Hits South

Winter weather has spread across the southern portion of the nation - bringing life in many southern communities to a halt. All roads in Perry County, Alabama are closed to traffic - with the exception of emergency vehicles. 

Wintry Weather To Sweep Much of Nation

A wintry blast is moving south out of Canada - allowing cold air to spill across much of the nation this weekend and into early next week.

It will combine with an area of disturbed weather moving across the southern states to bring a snowstorm to Dixie.  Little Rock, Birmingham, Jackson and Atlanta are all expecting snow, sleet and/or freezing rain Sunday into Monday.

Snow is also expected along the Front Range of the Rockies and across the northern and central plains states behind the arctic front.

Big Cold Snap Coming?

Long range computer model hint that a huge trough of low pressure will move into North America early next week - spreading a taste of winter to much of the nation in the day following.

By Monday - we could struggle to 0 degrees here in the Denver area if all this comes to be.

Snow could fall in the deep south by the following weekend.

Stay tuned to see what happens!