The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Lake-effect snow intensifies over New York

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Weather in America: November 28, 2023

FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.

Welcome to the Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather. It’s Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Start your day with everything you need to know about today's weather. You can also get a quick briefing of national, regional and local weather whenever you like with the FOX Weather Update podcast.

Lake-effect snow brings whiteout conditions to New York

As much as 23 inches of snow has already piled up to the east of Lake Ontario in central New York as a multiday lake-effect snowstorm buries the eastern Great Lakes. Lake-Effect Snow Warnings have been issued along the eastern shores of lakes Erie and Ontario in northeastern Ohio, New York state and Pennsylvania. FOX Forecast models indicate another foot or more of snow could pile up north of Syracuse and south of Buffalo.

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Kona Low to bring drought relief to Hawaiian Islands

Flood alerts have been issued for several of the Hawaiian Islands as a Kona Low is forecast to bring flooding rain and thunderstorms. Rain will continue to overspread the islands through the end of the workweek. 

Nearly all of Hawaii is in moderate drought, and 75% is in severe drought, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor. 

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Rain headed for the Southeast

Drought-stricken areas of the South and Southeast could see some much-needed rain by the end of the week. 

Areas from Texas to Florida will benefit from a storm system that will bring plenty of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, with several inches of rain forecast to help improve drought conditions. 

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See it

Say it with me, "Oooohhhh, ahhhh!" 

The Northern Lights danced across the skies of Alaska recently, providing a mesmerizing display of green and red in what the photographer dubbed "a watermelon aurora."

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Watch: 'Watermelon' aurora dance over Alaska

Fairbanks, Alaska, skywatchers were treated Sunday night to a colorful aurora dancing over the freshly fallen snow.

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