Young Tre Schlegel, 5, makes a path across Warren Ave at Madison St. to make way for his grandmother later in the day during a heavy snowstorm, Feb. 2, 2016. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post) Winter Storm Kayla slammed the Plains and West to kick off February, dumping feet of snow in some areas while crippling travel with blizzard conditions in others. The storm shut down several major interstates in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado on Tuesday, and authorities advised all travelers...

Winter Storm Kayla pummeled parts of the Plains with blizzard conditions, dumping over a foot of snow in some areas late Monday through early Wednesday. The combination of heavy snow and strong winds gusting up to 50 mph led to widespread travel impacts, including some interstate closures. (MORE:) In parts of Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin,during the height of the storm on Tuesday.Kayla was also one of the heaviest snowstorms on record in portions of Nebraska dating to the late 19th...

There has been a record amount of snow in much of Alaska lately, but not the kind of record you would expect. Many locations in Alaska have set records for least amount of snowfall in December and January. In addition to being exceptionally dry, temperatures have also been significantly warmer than average across the state. (MORE: ) What's responsible for the below-average snowfall amounts? The overall pattern for December and January featured an upper-level area oflow pressure south of Alaska,...

Snowfall from Winter Storm Lexi seen in parts of New York, Friday morning. (@_tamarapeterson/Instagram) Winter Storm Lexi, a quick-hitting system, dropped more than a foot of snow in parts of New England, mucking up the morning commute and frustrating passengers at some of the nation's busiest airports. By midday, more than 13 inches of snow had fallen in Coventry, Connecticut. Worcester, Massachusetts, saw at least11 inches and more than 10 inches was recorded at Levittown, New York. (MORE: |) School...

Winter Storm Lexi caused a difficult morning commute over portions of the mid-Atantic region and New York City metropolitan area on Friday. Later in the day, Lexi dropped heavy snow across parts of southern and eastern New England. Up to 14.3 inches of snow fell in Coventry, Connecticut, while 12.5 inches piled up in Worcester, Massachusetts. Snow also fell at the rate of 1 inch per hour at New York's JFK Airport Friday morning, and over Newark, New Jersey. A...

Winter Storm Lexi began delivering a quick-hitting stripe of snow from the coastal mid-Atlantic into southern and eastern New England Friday, causing early morning travel issues for commuters and taking at least one life A six-year-old child died after a being hit by a falling tree limb in the backyard of her family's home in Canton, Massachusetts. Medical crews arrived on the scene shortly before 2 p.m. and reported that the child still had a pulse. , according to Fox...

Think winter 2015-2016 has been harsh so far? There's a metric out there that helps quantify it. The , combines temperature, snowfall and snow depth data in a point system to rate each winter dating to 1950-1951 at dozens of locations in the U.S. The colder and snowier the winter, the higher the AWSSI score. Winters are then categorized in one of five categories: mild, moderate, average, severe, or extreme. "The categories are site-specific...because what constitutes a severe winter, say,...

A pattern change across the East will allow for two chances of snow over the next few days, as a series of low pressure systems develop near the coast. While some snow and sleet has fallen as far south as eastern North Carolina from the first storm, portions of New England recently hit bycould be digging out from more snow as we start the new week. (MORE: ) Hopefully, you enjoyed the last week as significant changes are underway, thanks...

Portions of the East will see more snow to start this week as a .There are still differences in forecast model guidance for this system, which leaves uncertainty for exactly where and how much snow may fall, however at this time it appears this early week system will not be a widespread, major storm system. The snow in the East will be from a combination of upper-level energy moving through the aforementioned jet stream dip and a weak area of...

Inside the red circle, you can see the heart-shaped cloud spotted on satellite imagery on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016. (Image via NWS) Generally, when meteorologists talk about the heart of the storm, they're not talking about the shape spotted by the National Weather Service on Sunday. The Wilmington, North Carolina, office of the NWS from satellite imagery, which you can see at the top of this page. In that photo, there's a beautiful heart-shaped cloud right in the middle of...

Winter Storm Mars was a quick-hitting winter storm that mainly affected New England on Monday, Feb. 8. Extreme southeast Massachusetts saw the worst conditions from Mars, with blizzard conditions and coastal flooding both observed. (MORE:) The snow and strong winds that moved through New England were from a strong area of low pressure passing well off the East Coast. That area of low pressure underwent what meteorologists call.This is a term generally applied to a storm whose minimum pressure drops...

Just days after Winter Storm Lexi and left thousands without power in New England, another winter storm took aim at the same region. Winter Storm Mars dumped nearly a foot of new snow on parts of New England, and the wintry weather continued in parts of Maine Tuesday morning. The storm has affected schools and travel, and in southern New England alone, , Rhode Island State Police Capt. Timothy Sanzi told WJAR-TV. (MORE: ) Here are the latest impacts from...

Winter Storm Nacio took aim at the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic on Tuesday, dumping more than a half-foot of snow in some areas. The snow began in earnest Tuesday morning, and roads quickly became hazardous during the morning drive in several cities. The heavy snow may have also resulted in a fatal accident in Pennsylvania. Air travel was impacted as well; many of the nearly 250 canceled domestic flights , according to FlightAware data. (MORE: Nacio) Here are the latest...