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Northwest Arkansas could receive approximately 1 to 3 inches of snow starting Thursday and tapering off Friday, according to the National Weather Service on Tuesday afternoon.

The latest seasonal weather outlook on La Niña was released by the National Weather Service ... according to the Pacific Northwest Sesmic Network.

A winter storm watch will be in effect Sunday for much of eastern Pennsylvania, including the Poconos. In Carbon and Monroe counties, 6 to 10 inches of snow is possible, the National Weather Service said Friday afternoon when issuing the watch. For Pike and Wayne counties, 5 to 9 inches is possible, the NWS said.

The first evacuation order covering neighborhoods closest to the start of the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfire didn’t come until about 40 minutes

Palisades Fire, in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles, is the largest of all the current wildfires.

The notice Monday was one in a series of warnings issued by the National Weather Service about the powerful Santa Ana winds that were about to blow through Southern California, which hadn’t seen serious rain in months.

Although the National Weather Service downgraded the severity of its forecast on Tuesday, forecasters expect higher wind gusts on Wednesday that could lead to “explosive fire growth.”

According to the National Weather Service, a polar vortex will impact most of the country this weekend, here is what you need to know.

Another blast of winter weather is expected in parts of the U.S. in the coming days, including bone-chilling wind in the Northern Plains and unusual snow and ice in the Gulf Coast area.

Extreme cold watches issued by NWS meteorologists are currently in place in parts of Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia. Extreme cold warnings are in place in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.

A new blast of Arctic air sweeping from north to south will bring bone-chilling temperatures to millions of Americans this weekend and next week.