Winter Storm Fern brings record snowfall and lingering cold
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Cincinnati and other Ohio cities set a snowfall records Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.
The system that would fuel the snow may not even form off until Saturday, resulting in low confidence in the forecast for New Jersey, the weather service said.
Bonito Lake, N.M., received 31 inches, the most in the United States this weekend, the agency said. East of the Mississippi, the highest totals were recorded in western Pennsylvania, where 20 inches had fallen near Clintonville, about 60 miles north of Pittsburgh, as of 8:30 p.m. Sunday.
In a way, yes - but not because the snow itself has color. According to IFL Science, when sunlight penetrates a snowpack, the snow absorbs the red and yellow wavelengths of the light spectrum more readily, leaving blue light to be reflected back to our eyes. The effect becomes more noticeable as snow gets deeper.
At 2:15 a.m. EST on Tuesday, the National Weather Service released a winter weather advisory valid from 7 a.m. EST until Wednesday 7 a.m. EST for Alger, Luce and Schoolcraft counties.
A winter storm is bringing snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain to the Philadelphia region Sunday. Here's the NEXT Weather forecast and latest from our reporters on your corner.
A massive winter storm has dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S., halting air and road traffic and sending temperatures plunging
The concerning forecast comes as millions of Americans are left reeling from the catastrophic impacts of Winter Storm Fern, which struck the U.S. with heavy snow and ice over the weekend. The storm has killed at least nine people,