March arrives Sunday. This may leave you thinking this siege of winter weather may let up soon. But another expansive stripe of snow and ice is looming starting Friday and through the weekend. (MORE:|) After the , this time the West will join in the wintry weather, along with the Plains, Midwest and Northeast. (MORE: ) Jet Stream Setup This Weekend (The sharp southward plunge of the jet stream responsible for the colder weather and mountain snow this weekend in...

There will be no break in the parade of winter storms as we head into March as another winter storm will follow this weekend's wintry mess. (MORE: ) This next winter storm will begin to take shape Saturday in California as a disturbance digs into the Southwest, bringing rain in the lower elevations and snow in the mountains. Snow, sleet and ice will then spread eastward across the Plains, Midwest and Northeast through midweek. (MORE: | ) Saturday Saturday's Forecast...

The surges of arctic air across the central and eastern United States have been relentless this month. (MORE: ) Last week, we saw an arctic blast that to some cities. Another shot of bitter cold air arrived at the start of this week, breaking numerous daily record lows in the Midwest and Northeast. Widespread below-average temperatures then closed out the week east of the Rockies as another batch of bitter cold air moved southward on Thursday. Below is a recap...

Winter Storm Sparta delivered a long swath of snow and ice from the Rockies to the Southern Plains, Midwest and the East Coast as the calendar flipped from February to March. The storm was named on Feb. 27, 2015, and exited the Northeast coast by early March 2, 2015. Sparta's impacts began on Feb. 27, 2015 when an upper-level impulse associated with a developing southward dip in the jet stream spread snow into some of the same parts of north...

Winter Storm Gorgon, which has already brought snow to the Northwest and Northern Rockies, has traveled across the country bringing snow to the Mid-Atlantic coast. This fast-moving system has already prompted winter storm watches, warnings, and advisories for parts of 22 states from Washington all the way to New Jersey, as well as the District of Columbia. (MORE: ) Gorgon lost some of its punch as it moved into the Northeast, but light snow interrupted the morning commute in Philadelphia,...

Heavy rain and snow are in the forecast for Hawaii as a dip in theupper atmospheric wind flow, known as a trough, brings stormy weather to our nation's fiftieth state. In fact, the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a for the Big Island's volcanic peaks of Maunu Kea and Mauna Loa. The warning says that a foot of snow is possible above 12,000 feet through early Thursday morning. The NWS warned that travel to summits will be dangerous due...

A wild weather ride is underway in the South as well as the Mid-Atlantic as Winter Storm Thor pulls freezing-cold air southward into a balmy air mass, bringing quickly changing weather conditions. (MORE: ) Warmer temperatures surged north ahead of Winter Storm Thor, bringing hope of spring across much of the South. But those temperatures are crashing an arctic cold front pushes southward. In fact, many locations that are under winter storm warnings, watches or advisories have seen temperatures in...

Winter Storm Thor made a wintry mess in the South, Midwest, and East during the last weekend of February and the first week of March. (MORE:|) Parts of western Kentucky have tallied over 20 inches of snow from Thor, including 25 inches near Radcliff. Lexington, Kentucky has set a new two-day snowstorm record that had stood since World War II. More than a foot of snow has also fallen in southern Ohio, southeast Missouri and West Virginia. Click here for...

It's been an incredible winter in the central and eastern states, with some locations seeing , while others dig out from . Although the winter isn't quite over yet, we've compiled the collection of animated GIFs below to give us a quick look back at the last three months or so. Each animated GIF is about 10-seconds long and has a labeled start and end date for reference. Images were taken at approximate intervals of one week depending on availability...

Winter Storm Thor was a widespread winter storm that affected many states from California to the East Coast since this past weekend. In Lexington, Kentucky, Thor set an all-time two-day snowstorm record, which had stood since Jan. 26-27, 1943. Parts of Kentucky have picked up over 20 inches of snow from Thor. (MORE ON THOR:) Here are some select snow, ice and flooding reports from Thor. All totals are for snow unless otherwise indicated. States are organized alphabetically under each...

All-time March record lows have been broken as one more shot of bitterly cold air plunged south in the wake of . Some cities have seen their coldest temperatures in decades for so late in the season. 24-Hour temperature change between Wednesday, March 4 and Thursday, March 5. The cold snap follows persistent record-breaking cold across much of the Great Lakes and Northeast in February. (MORE:|) This round of arctic air followed right behind.The snow cover left behind byplayed a...

On March 1, snow cover in the Lower 48 states was at 63.4 percent, according to the analysis. Snow was on the ground . Since then, snow cover across the country has decreased in a huge way as the animation above illustrates. The NOHRSC analysis on March 12 showed that 14.1 percent of the Lower 48 states was covered by snow. This is the lowest snow cover percentage since Nov. 10. (MORE: ) The darker blue and purple shadings show...

An impressive winter storm may have produced snowfall rates rivaling a long-standing world snowfall record from the 1920s in Italy last week. According to , 256 centimeters (100.8 inches) of snow was measured in about an 18-hour period in the town of Capracotta, Italy, on Thursday, March 5, 2015. Capracotta (population about 1,000) is located about 90 miles east of central Rome in the Apennine Mountains, at an elevation of 4,662 feet (1,421 meters) above sea level. The village of...