Taken in Mustang, Oklahoma, on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, this image shows ice sliding off the front of a speed limit sign, perfectly imprinted. (Image via Barbie Jeffers Battershell) Over the course of a long winter season, we see plenty of photos that astound us. Although we're early in the 2015-16 season, this may end up being the craziest winter photo we see all year. Captured by Barbie Jeffers Battershell in Mustang, Oklahoma, the image at the top of this...

Winter Storm Delphi dumped snow on the Plains and Upper Midwest Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2015. (LATEST NEWS:) The heaviest snow totals ranged from 8-12 inches over parts of South Dakota, northern Nebraska, southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa. The top snow totals from the storm were 12 inches near Valentine, Nebraska, and near Mosher, South Dakota. Minnesota saw up to 9.5 inches in Madison, while Iowa saw up to 9 inches in Hull. Winter Storm Delphi Snow Totals The snow was...

Winter Storm Delphi lingered over the Midwest into Wednesday after two days of heavy snowfall that coated roadways and was blamed on at least two deaths. The snowstorm dumped a foot of snow in the High Plains before moving east, and it is expected to bring additional winter weather to parts of Illinois and Wisconsin on Wednesday. As a result, many schools were closed in the High Plains and Upper Midwest. (MORE: ) Here's how Delphi has impacted each state...

A significant winter storm, coupled with an impressive arctic blast will engulf the West and Plains this week, setting up a mess of snow, sleet and freezing rain that could snarl Thanksgiving holiday travel. Numerous winter storm watches and warnings, as well as advisories are posted in the West from the northern Rockies to the Great Basin, Sierra and Tehachapis of California. (INTERACTIVE: | ) Some snow is already falling in the interior Northwest and far northern Rockies, and some...

Yet another winter storm is targeting parts of the Plains and Upper Midwest with potentially heavy snow early this week. This system could become our next named winter storm "Delphi" . Forecast location of the upper-level low pressure system on Tuesday in the Great Lakes. This system stalled in the Great Basin over much of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Low pressure in the upper atmosphere has been stuck swirling over the Great Basin during the Thanksgiving holiday, trapped to the...

The El Niño of 2015 is one of the strongest on record, dating to 1950, and, by some metrics, may already be stronger than the previous strongest El Niño of 1997-1998. This periodic warming of the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean can have a number of effects on weather around the world, from heavy rain to extreme drought, persistent warmth to stubborn cold, and inactive versus hyperactive tropical cyclone seasons. (MORE:) Given its strength, will this El Niño factor into your...

If you were on the highest mountain peaks of the Pacific Northwest this week you would need a yardstick to measure snowfall totals. Mount Rainier in Washington state. (National Park Service) continues to propel numerous storm systems into the region, making for a wet, windy, and in some cases, snowy weather pattern. Although the elevation at which snow versus rain will fall is varying with each weather system, the summits of some of the highest peaks in the region such...

An ice storm and a hurricane. They sound like they occupy completely opposite ends of the weather spectrum. If this were politics, one is like a far-left Democrat, the other a far-right Republican. Yet for at least part of Thanksgiving weekend 2015, we saw both on our weather map. Hurricane Sandra and the Plains ice storm (Winter Storm Cara) on Thanksgiving weekend 2015. Before we go further, in the eastern Pacific Ocean didnot cause the freezing rain/sleet event in the...

Winter Storm Echo dumped a swath of snow from the Cascades and the Sierra Nevada to the Great Basin, Rockies, northern Plains and Upper Midwest over a five-day span from Dec. 12-16, 2015. While several states in the West saw a foot or more from the storm, the top reported total was an estimated 33 inches at one location in Nevada. The top directly measured total was 31.1 inches in Jefferson City, Montana. Snow began falling in the Pacific Northwest...

With , and given , we've assembled the five biggest questions about the upcoming winter in the U.S. We'll do our best to provide some insight on each. However, note that long-range forecasts have inherent uncertainty, no two El Niños, even strong El Niños, are alike, and there are other factors at play that could, at times, mask or overwhelm El Niño's influence on the weather pattern this winter. 1) Will the Western Drought Finally Be Quenched? As of early...

Winter Storm Echo is no longer dumping snow on the West and High Plains, but it's not done causing problems. Bitter cold and gusty winds followed the storm in areas like Wyoming, and on Friday, blowing snow created very dangerous conditions on the state's roadways. Due to the ground blizzard conditions, on Friday, along with parts of I-25, the state Department of Transportation said. Icy road conditions were blamed for a fatal accident Wednesday night in Minnesota after the driver...

A week before Christmas, the season's first measurable snow finally arrived in Buffalo, New York, ending the city's longest wait for a season's first snow in records dating to the late 19th century. Colder winds blowing over led to the development of a lake-effect snowbandFriday afternoon into part of Saturday. Initially, winds a little south of due west in the lower levels of the atmosphere steered that lake snowband just far enough north to scrape parts of the Buffalo metro...

A multi-vehicle accident along US Highway 131 near Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Courtesy of Fox 17) U.S. Highway 131 was briefly Friday night after a series of crashes in Kent County, WOOD-TV reports. A truck shut down northbound US-131 at Post Drive NE, authorities reported just before 5 p.m. Officials with the Plainfield Fire Department told WOOD-TV the crash was cleared just after 5:30 p.m. and northbound lanes were opened at that time. WXMI reports that, according to Kent County Dispatch,...