A fast-moving winter storm was responsible for widespread snow, sleet, and freezing rain across much of central US on 29 November 2006; several counties in southeastern Iowa reported 1/8 to... Read More

A very cold arctic air mass had been building over central Alaska and northwestern Canada during the latter half of November 2006 (surface air temperatures colder than -40 F/-40 C have been reported daily over that region since 21 November). A NOAA-15 AVHRR 10.8µm “IR window channel” image centered... Read More

An early season winter storm dumped up to 25 inches of snow across parts of Colorado on 26 October (NWS snowfall reports); as fate would have it, on that particular day Alaska also reported its first below zero... Read More