A commuter walks against blowing snow Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, in Chicago. Heavy, blowing snow is moving across much of Illinois as the state gets pelted by the latest round of winter weather. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) After blanketing the nation's heartland with snow and some ice Tuesday, Winter Storm Nika's final chapter disrupted millions in the Great Lakes and Northeast on Wednesday.Winter StormNikawas the14thnamed storm of the winter season in the U.S. and its pathincluded some of the same locations...

WASHINGTON – Cold and snow keep battering the Midwest and East, and even Atlanta was temporarily paralyzed. California has been bone dry. Alaska set heat records. The wild winter somehow became even more wicked Thursday morning when the national average temperature plunged to a brutal 11 degrees, prompting a weather-weary nation to ask a simple question: Why? The answer is the jet stream, the river of air that dictates our weather. (MORE: Cities Sick of Snow This Winter) "A persistent...

Winter Storm Orion,the 15th named storm of the 2013-14 winter storm season, brought much-needed snowfall to the West, bringing welcome moisture to a drought-parched region. The lion's share of the snow from Orion came Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 6-8, in the West. The primary disturbance then zipped across the Midwest and Northeast Sunday into early Monday, Feb. 9-10. A piece of Orion's energy broke off and brought some snow from Oklahoma and Texas to Kentucky on Friday and early Saturday,...

Overnight Wednesday and into Thursday, Winter Storm Pax made its way up the East Coast. The snow continued overnight Thursday for much of the region, with the storm tapering off throughout the day Friday. Some snow will persist into the afternoon hours Friday in northern New England near the Canadian border, with a new system possibility bringing additional snowfall to the I-95 corridor this weekend.For detailed, up-to-the-minute forecast information, click here. For information about Winter Storm Pax aftermath in the...

Chicago Some winters, the same cities get repeatedly pounded by snow as a dominant jet stream pattern gets stuck in place. Such is the case in the 2013-2014 snow season, primarily from the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley to the Northeast. (WATCH: Who's Had the Worst Winter?) We have a list of some cities ready to say, "Enough, already!" featured ininfographicson the following pages with perspective on how snowy it has been compared to history. Click on the "Next" link...

This winter we’ve heard all kinds of buzzwords, like “polar vortex,” “icemegeddon,” and “gridlockolypse.” But recently with Winter Storm Pax,and now with Winter Storm Quintus,a new word is circulating around social media: "bombogenesis." (MORE:Winter Storm Pax Snow, Sleet and Ice Totals) You may be thinking, 'Well, that sounds ominous.' And in some respects it is, but it’s really not that uncommon. Bombogenesis is short for “bomb cyclogenesis,” which means a storm's central pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24...

Power is returning to the hardest hit areas of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina Friday, 48 hours after Winter Storm Paxcoated trees and power lines with a thick layer of iceand snow. At least 26 deaths in the region have been blamed on the winter storm, which dumped snow and ice up the East Coast,snapped trees and utility poles and snarled traffic. The damage in some parts of the south was so devastating that South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley...

Winter StormQuintus developed over the Midwest on Friday, Feb. 14, and quickly zipped toward the Northeast by Saturday, Feb. 15. Snow lingered into Sunday, Feb. 16, over parts of Maine. Here are the final snow totals from Winter Storm Quintus. Official National Weather Service observations are in bold. Illinois 6.1" in Springfield and Peoria6" in Taylorville, Havana, and Astoria5" in Virginia, Decatur, Pekin, and Ripley Indiana 6.3" in Indianapolis6" in Rising Sun and near Liberty5.5" near Connorsville4.5" in Brooklyn and...

Winter Storm Rex brought a swath of snow from the Midwest to parts of the Northeast late Feb. 16 into early Feb. 19, 2014. Thundersnowwas observed in at least seven states as the storm pushed east. Here are some of the snow totals produced by the storm in each state. Official National Weather Service observations arelisted in bold. Maine All reports are snow accumulations. 9.6" near Kennebunk9.5" in Rollinsford9" in Durham7.6" in Portland New Hampshire All reports are snow accumulations....

After dumping heavy snow on the Midwest Monday, Winter Storm Rex moved swiftly throughthe Northeast and New England Tuesday, bringing another shot of snow to New York City and Boston. Parts of New England racked up the heaviest snow totals Tuesday. In New Hampshire, 12 inches of snow were reported Tuesday night in New Boston, 11 were reported in Goffstown and Merrimack and there were 10 in Nashua and other places. In Maine, nearly 10 inches of snow fell in...

Radar loop with lightning data (small white/gray lightning symbols) of Winter Storm Seneca from 9 a.m. CT Feb. 20 through 12 a.m. CT Feb. 21, 2014. Winter Storm Senecawas the second named storm of the week to produce snow accompanied by lightning and followed closely on the heels of Winter Storm Rex. (MORE: Seneca State-by-State Impacts) Seneca kicked into gear on the morning of Feb. 20, as a relatively quick burst of snow sweeping through parts of Nebraska and northern...

You may love to see feet of snow on the ground at your favorite ski resort. But piling up on your yard, sidewalk, or driveway? Probably not so much. Such was the case this past week in the wake of Winter Storm Seneca. Up to 22 inches of snow blanketed parts of the Upper Midwest. That's enough of a headache. Winds gusting over 40 mph for hours whipped the snow into huge drifts, stranding motorists and leaving homeowners with the...

Winter Storm Nikahas spread a wintry mess of snow, sleet and freezing rain from the Plains to the Northeast. The storm also brought snow to the mountains of the West. Below are selected snow and ice totals from the storm by state in the northeastern, central and western regions as of early Wednesday afternoon. Note that due to varying report times and ongoing snowfall, additional snow may have fallen in some of the listed locations. (MORE: State-by-State Impacts) NikaNortheast Snow,...