cnn-weather/environment

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN Western New York state is digging out from under piles of snow at the start of the holiday week, after a historic snowstorm slammed the area over the weekend, notching a spot in the record books for Buffalo and surrounding areas. Just traces of snowfall — 1 to 3 inches —

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist As millions of Americans gear up to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday week, many will have to deal with rain, snow, blustery winds and cold temperatures. Over 5 million people from Michigan to New York are under winter weather alerts as additional lake-effect snow is expected to fall Sunday. Meanwhile,

By Susannah Cullinane and Claire Colbert, CNN Heavy snow is expected to keep piling up in western New York state through Sunday after a historic storm saw the Buffalo area logging record snowfall totaling more than 6 feet in some areas. Just after 11 p.m. Saturday, the National Weather Service in Buffalo issued a special

By Aya Elamroussi and Mallika Kallingal, CNN A historic snowstorm is slamming western New York state Saturday with more than 6 feet of snow in some places, closing roads, triggering driving bans and canceling flights the weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday. Another round of heavy lake-effect snowfall is expected to return to the Buffalo area

By Brandon Miller and Zoe Sottile, CNN Thundersnow is exactly what the name suggests — a snowy thunderstorm. But the winter version of a thunderstorm is far less frequent than the spring and summer thunderstorms most people are used to. That is because the creation of thunder and lightning require significant amounts of atmospheric instability,

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist As millions of Americans gear up to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday week, the forecast calls for rain, snow, blustery winds and cold temperatures this weekend at the beginning of the travel rush. Millions from Minnesota to Maine are expected to see snow this weekend, but rain and thunderstorms will

By Aya Elamroussi and Steve Almasy, CNN Even by western New York standards, Friday’s snowstorm was colossal, bringing eye-level accumulation totals to some areas and prompting officials to tell many people who are used to driving in bad weather to stay off the roads. “I can say that our deputies have been just absolutely inundated

By Ralph Ellis, CNN It takes just the right conditions to produce lake-effect snow, but when they come together, it creates some of the most extreme winter weather found anywhere on the planet. Perfectly blue skies can turn to a blinding snow storm in minutes, producing snow amounts that will bury your ruler in a

By Jennifer Gray and Monica Garrett, CNN meteorologists For western New York, snow typically is no big deal. But this week’s lake effect snowfall in the region is expected to be “paralyzing,” forecasters say. The multi-day snowfall is forecast to kick off Wednesday evening and run through much of the weekend, ending with snow measured

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist The first strong Santa Ana occurrence of the season is bringing harsh winds across Southern California through Thursday, setting the stage for critical fire conditions and the potential for a blaze to spread rapidly. High wind alerts have been issued for much of the area, affecting almost 15 million people.

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN After wreaking havoc in Florida, Nicole weakened into a post-tropical cyclone, bringing severe thunderstorms to the Carolinas and Virginia Friday before striking the Northeast. Nicole — the first hurricane to hit the US in the month of November in nearly 40 years — walloped coastal homes in Florida’s Daytona area early