Fierce winds and snow made travel through the Great Plains difficult Tuesday, although highway officials reopened portions of several major interstates that closed during the worst of the storm.

It still looks dry for the week leading into Christmas.

We have seen no snow in Reno, but that isn't the case in other parts of the country.

Burn code is Red with no wind and the inversion in place. Cold mornings and daytime highs stay in the 40's.

A powerful storm threatened to bury sections of the Southwest and Great Plains under a blanket of heavy snow Monday, blitzing holiday travelers with blizzard conditions two days before the start of winter.

According to the Washoe County Health District, Air Quality Management Division, the current air quality index is 132 for PM2.5, which is in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range.

Reno averages 4.3" of snow in the month of December. We haven't officially seen a flake.

A tropical storm floods the Philippines, southern California sees damaging wind and Milwaukee storms brew up some snow.

Weather pattern remains the same for the week ahead. Cold mornings and mostly clear skies. Burn code is YELLOW.

Cold mornings but sunny afternoons with highs near 50. Dry weather pattern continues into next week.

Beautiful weekend weather will continue. Sunny skies with cold morning lows in the upper teens.

Weekend looks nice and sunny. Cold mornings and afternoon highs in the upper 40's.

High pressure keeps storms away...possibly through Christmas.

cold and clear skies

Back to cold mornings and a dry cool weather pattern.

Debris from the Japanese Tsunami washes ashore half way across the world and New Zealand declares a state of emergency.

Wind in California and New Mexico. Snow in Denver.

Still cold and breezy by Thursday evening

Still cold,clear and sunny

Clear and cold once again overnight with lows in the teens.

A car drives into a sinkhole in New Hampshire. Southern California sees snow.

Partly cloudy and cold overnight... and chilly Tuesday afternoon.

Weather not to change until Thursday. Still cold and hazy.

Still Sunny and Dry

Cold morning lows... and partly cloudy and cool afternoons.