A Potent Weather System Looms Over the Great Lakes, With Snow, Winds, and Minimal Drought Relief An expansive and potentially disruptive storm system is set to emerge over the Great Lakes region midweek, bringing formidable winds, snowfall, and limited rain relief to the parched eastern United States. The interplay between atmospheric dynamics hints at widespread implications, meteorologists from AccuWeather report. Fire-Weather Conditions Persist Despite Cooling Temperatures As a coastal system exits the mid-Atlantic and drifts seaward, the Northeast grapples with persistent fire weather threats early in the week. Although cooler air will bolster humidity levels, mitigating combustion risks, breezy conditions paired with desiccated vegetation continue to fuel localized fire hazards, particularly near the Atlantic coastline in New England. The persistent absence of saturating rainfall across areas stretching from New York State through New Jersey, northern and eastern Pennsylvania, nor...
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