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A mid-Winter look & feel on the northern Plains

On the Plains, Blizzard Warnings have expired across North Dakota, although bitterly cold, breezy conditions persist. In fact, frigid, breezy conditions throughout the northern and central Plains are increasing livestock stress, with temperatures below -10° reported Wednesday morning in parts of Montana. Farther south, some light snow is overspreading the central High Plains.

Across the Corn Belt, colder air continues to arrive on gusty westerly winds. Dry weather prevails, except for snow showers in the upper Great Lakes region. Any remaining fieldwork is on hold until fields fully freeze.

In the South, lingering showers are confined to the southern tip of Florida. Meanwhile, the interior Southeast continues to slowly rebound from an historic autumn drought that culminated in the late-November wildfire disaster in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Since rain began to fall, the surface elevation of Georgia’s Lake Lanier has risen more than 3½ inches, but remains about 10 feet below full pool.

In the West, snow showers are mostly confined to the central Rockies. Cold, dry weather prevails elsewhere. Freeze Warnings were in effect early Wednesday in California as far south as the northern San Joaquin Valley, possibly requiring the use of protective measures for citrus and other temperature-sensitive winter crops.

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