On Wednesday, a string of surface lows along a cold front which extended from the central Great Lakes to Indiana to the Arklatex consolidated yesterday into a deep low just northeast of Lake Huron. A warm front extended eastward through the Northeast from this low, and warm air flowed northeastward into the region. As the low lifts northeastward into Canada today, it will bring the warm front through the Northeast. This will cause light rain, strong winds, and warm highs (60s and 70s) to move into the area, which will cause the rapid snowmelt to continue during the next couple of days.
A cold front moved into the Northwest yesterday and brought up to 1/2 foot of snowfall to the high elevations of the northern West. This cold front will continue to move southeastward to the High Plains by Friday night. As it transits the West, it will bring light snowfall to the northern West today, the northern to central Rockies Friday, and the southern Rockies on Saturday. Much of the lower-elevation snowpack at lower elevations in the West melted yesterday. Additional melt is expected today, along with continuing slow melt at higher elevations.
weather.gov
