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Drought and intense heat in 2023 led to the present crawfish shortage and increased prices. The owner of a crawfish business in Clinton was only able to get 4 to 6 sacks of crawfish weekly, although he would normally sell about 150 sacks per week. The high cost forces him to sell boiled crawfish for $15.99 per pound, and he still isn’t making a profit. Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.), Jan 19, 2024

There was less water this year to turn Ouray’s narrow canyon gorge into walls of ice for climbers. Water is sprayed on the jagged rocks to transform the city park into an ice mecca for climbers for the Ouray Ice Festival and Competition. The park recently made a deal to get extra water from an old silver mine. A recent study found that during the 2021-2022 season, the ice park helped contribute nearly $18 million overall to the local economy, supporting 184 jobs. Placerville Mountain Democrat (Calif.), Jan 19, 2024

A crawfish farmer checked his roughly 80 traps and collected about one-fourth of a sack after the hot, dry summer killed many of the crawfish. A January cold spell had the remaining crawfish burrowing deeper for cover, so that there were few to harvest. The farmer was getting two to four sacks, but used to catch about ten. He was able to sell his crawfish for $8 per pound. WBRZ (New Orleans, La.), Jan 19, 2024

SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1130 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 211200Z - 221200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... On Sunday, the central US ridge will shift eastward as weak disturbances move inland across the western US. Some increase of southerly flow is expected across the Plains. Cool and moist conditions, along with fresh snow pack across much of the central/northern Plains, should keep fire weather concerns low. ..Thornton.. 01/20/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1130 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 211200Z - 221200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... On Sunday, the central US ridge will shift eastward as weak disturbances move inland across the western US. Some increase of southerly flow is expected across the Plains. Cool and moist conditions, along with fresh snow pack across much of the central/northern Plains, should keep fire weather concerns low. ..Thornton.. 01/20/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1130 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 211200Z - 221200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... On Sunday, the central US ridge will shift eastward as weak disturbances move inland across the western US. Some increase of southerly flow is expected across the Plains. Cool and moist conditions, along with fresh snow pack across much of the central/northern Plains, should keep fire weather concerns low. ..Thornton.. 01/20/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1130 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 211200Z - 221200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... On Sunday, the central US ridge will shift eastward as weak disturbances move inland across the western US. Some increase of southerly flow is expected across the Plains. Cool and moist conditions, along with fresh snow pack across much of the central/northern Plains, should keep fire weather concerns low. ..Thornton.. 01/20/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1130 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 211200Z - 221200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... On Sunday, the central US ridge will shift eastward as weak disturbances move inland across the western US. Some increase of southerly flow is expected across the Plains. Cool and moist conditions, along with fresh snow pack across much of the central/northern Plains, should keep fire weather concerns low. ..Thornton.. 01/20/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1130 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 211200Z - 221200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... On Sunday, the central US ridge will shift eastward as weak disturbances move inland across the western US. Some increase of southerly flow is expected across the Plains. Cool and moist conditions, along with fresh snow pack across much of the central/northern Plains, should keep fire weather concerns low. ..Thornton.. 01/20/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1130 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 201200Z - 211200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... An upper-level ridge will build in across the CONUS today. Under this regime, primarily light winds will remain keeping fire weather concerns low. ..Thornton.. 01/20/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1130 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 201200Z - 211200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... An upper-level ridge will build in across the CONUS today. Under this regime, primarily light winds will remain keeping fire weather concerns low. ..Thornton.. 01/20/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1130 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 201200Z - 211200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... An upper-level ridge will build in across the CONUS today. Under this regime, primarily light winds will remain keeping fire weather concerns low. ..Thornton.. 01/20/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1130 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 201200Z - 211200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... An upper-level ridge will build in across the CONUS today. Under this regime, primarily light winds will remain keeping fire weather concerns low. ..Thornton.. 01/20/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1130 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 201200Z - 211200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... An upper-level ridge will build in across the CONUS today. Under this regime, primarily light winds will remain keeping fire weather concerns low. ..Thornton.. 01/20/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1130 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 201200Z - 211200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... An upper-level ridge will build in across the CONUS today. Under this regime, primarily light winds will remain keeping fire weather concerns low. ..Thornton.. 01/20/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC 1200Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1104 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 201200Z - 211200Z ...NO THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Thunderstorms are not expected across the CONUS today. ...Western US... Large-scale upper trough will shift inland across the western US today as midlevel flow begins to increase at lower latitudes across the eastern Pacific into northern Mexico. While southward-evolving jet should result in weak buoyancy across portions of CA into the Great Basin, any convection that develops in association with this trough should remain too weak/shallow to warrant any meaningful risk of lightning. ..Darrow/Thornton.. 01/20/2024 Read more

SPC 1200Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1104 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 201200Z - 211200Z ...NO THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Thunderstorms are not expected across the CONUS today. ...Western US... Large-scale upper trough will shift inland across the western US today as midlevel flow begins to increase at lower latitudes across the eastern Pacific into northern Mexico. While southward-evolving jet should result in weak buoyancy across portions of CA into the Great Basin, any convection that develops in association with this trough should remain too weak/shallow to warrant any meaningful risk of lightning. ..Darrow/Thornton.. 01/20/2024 Read more

SPC 1200Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1104 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 201200Z - 211200Z ...NO THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Thunderstorms are not expected across the CONUS today. ...Western US... Large-scale upper trough will shift inland across the western US today as midlevel flow begins to increase at lower latitudes across the eastern Pacific into northern Mexico. While southward-evolving jet should result in weak buoyancy across portions of CA into the Great Basin, any convection that develops in association with this trough should remain too weak/shallow to warrant any meaningful risk of lightning. ..Darrow/Thornton.. 01/20/2024 Read more

SPC 1200Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1104 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 201200Z - 211200Z ...NO THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Thunderstorms are not expected across the CONUS today. ...Western US... Large-scale upper trough will shift inland across the western US today as midlevel flow begins to increase at lower latitudes across the eastern Pacific into northern Mexico. While southward-evolving jet should result in weak buoyancy across portions of CA into the Great Basin, any convection that develops in association with this trough should remain too weak/shallow to warrant any meaningful risk of lightning. ..Darrow/Thornton.. 01/20/2024 Read more

SPC 1200Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1104 PM CST Fri Jan 19 2024 Valid 201200Z - 211200Z ...NO THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Thunderstorms are not expected across the CONUS today. ...Western US... Large-scale upper trough will shift inland across the western US today as midlevel flow begins to increase at lower latitudes across the eastern Pacific into northern Mexico. While southward-evolving jet should result in weak buoyancy across portions of CA into the Great Basin, any convection that develops in association with this trough should remain too weak/shallow to warrant any meaningful risk of lightning. ..Darrow/Thornton.. 01/20/2024 Read more