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The Weather Channel app can show how likely you are to get specific snowfall amounts

The Weather Channel app shows how likely you are to get specific amounts of now, making it easier to plan for a big storm.

It's called probabilistic snowfall, and it aims to give you greater insight into just how severe or impactful a storm might be. But the few inches we got overnight were in line with the probabilistic forecast, and it was helpful leading up to the storm to know I likely didn't have to worry about the weather truly being an inconvenience. Besides probabilistic snowfall, that also removes ads, shows longer-term forecasts on the radar, adds a 30-mile lightning strike map and provides more detailed 15-minute weather breakdowns.

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