National weather forecast for December 8
Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean has your FOX Weather forecast.
A snowstorm is developing across the West bringing impressive snow totals from the Sierra Nevada into the Intermountain West and the Rockies.
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Over a foot of snow will fall across portions of Utah, Colorado and Wyoming.
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West snwo forecast (Credit: Fox News)
Difficult if not impossible travel will impact some of these areas where winter storm watches have been issued.
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West winter weather alerts (Credit: Fox News)
The Northwest will also get significant snow through Friday and this active weather pattern will bring some much-needed rain to parts of Southern California.
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Record heat for the U.S. (Credit: Fox News)
Light snow will fall over parts of the Northeast and Great Lakes where temperatures are still cold, but we’ve got another warm-up on the way for the central U.S. with temperatures into the 70s and 80s.
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Record heat in Texas (Credit: Fox News)
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Record highs will be possible as we end the workweek.