Path: utzoo!utgpu!ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca!UIUCVMD!STORM-L Date: Tue, 6 Feb 90 16:15:33 EST Reply-To: STORM-L@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU Sender: STORM-L Storms and weather related info From: Chris Novy - WA9V Subject: National Weather Summary To: UofToronto LAN redistribution Message-ID: <90Feb6.174953est.58586@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: list.storm-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu ZCZC MKCNWX1 ABUS1 KWBC 062100 NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 3 PM CST TUE FEB 06 1990 Winter in the northwest. Winter weather and threats of winter weather extended west of a cold front that...at noon...reached from central Idaho across the central coast of California. Winter storm warnings were posted for today across the Washington Cascades and Olympics...and the northern coastal mountains of Oregon. About 14 inches of snow fell since monday morning over Stevens Pass WA...and 13 inches of snow fell at Snoqualmie Pass WA during the past 24 hours. As much as 4 inches of new snow fell overnight across the mountains that lie along the northern coast of Oregon. Advisories for snow today and tonight were posted over portions of Oregon including the Cascades...the central coast...the interior southwest and the Willamette Valley /above 400 feet elevation/. An advisory for snow today was posted over the western slopes of the California Sierra Nevada...south of Lake Tahoe. Four inches of new snow covered Donner Summit at 9 am. A winter storm watch has been posted for tonight and Wednesday over western Wyoming. Cold winter temperatures continued across interior Alaska. There has been little change since the cold snap began...on January 26. temperatures have been 15 to 20 degrees colder than normal for early February. No record breakers...but lows range from 30 below zero to 50 below zero. Rainshowers...snowshowers and occasional thundershowers remained along the northern Pacific Coast. Rain extended from the northern coast of California through central California...with rain changing to snow in the mountains and extending across northern Utah...Idaho...northwest Wyoming and western Montana. Snow was also scattered over northeast New York State into west central New England. Rainshowers reached from southern Mississippi across southern Louisiana and the upper Texas Gulf Coast. Light rain extended from eastern Kansas and southeast Nebraska across northern and west central Missouri. Snowfall during the 6 hours ending at noon included 1 inch at Astoria OR and Quillayute WA. Heavier rainfall included about one third of an inch at New Orleans LA(.39). High temperature records for this date broken or tied included City Today Record was Devils Lake ND. 44 43 in 1925 Harrisburg PA. 60 tied 60 in 1938 Roanoke VA. 64 63 in 1963 Williamsport PA. 53 52 in 1909 No complaints...but the average daily temperature at La Crosse WI has been nearly 13 degrees above normal since December 26. Low temperature for the nation this morning was 8 degrees below zero at both Hibbing MN and International Falls MN. Temperatures around the nation at 2 pm CST ranged from 22 degrees at Yellowstone WY to 78 degrees at Key West FL...Fort Myers FL and Miami FL. Harry Gordon National Severe Storms Forecast Center --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Novy - WA9V BITNET: axvsccn@uicvmc Southern Illinois Univ. Internet: axvsccn@uicvmc.aiss.uiuc.edu Morris Library - Systems Packet: wa9v@wd9ebq FAX: (618) 453-8109 Carbondale, IL 62901-6632 Phone: (618) 453-1683 or (618) 457-6149 ICBM: 37.43N 89.12W ---------------------------------------------------------------------------