Path: utzoo!utgpu!ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca!UIUCVMD!STORM-L Date: Tue, 13 Feb 90 15:44:41 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 (Snow anyone ??!!) To: UofToronto LAN redistribution Message-ID: <90Feb13.164646est.58316@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: list.storm-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu ZCZC MKCNWX1 ABUS1 KWBC 132100 NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 3 PM CST TUE FEB 13 1990 Heavy Snow in Wyoming An invasion of arctic air has brought snow to the north central U.S. Snow extended from the northern and central Rockies to the central High Plains early this afternoon. Heavy snow fell across Wyoming late Monday and early today. Heavier snowfall totals included 15 inches at Big Horn... 11 inches at Rawlins...and 10 inches at Casper and Dayton. A snow advisory remains in effect for the northwest corner of Wyoming. Heavy snow has also fallen across parts of western South Dakota ...with up to 9 inches reported in the Black Hills area. A winter storm warning is in effect for the Black Hills of South Dakota. A snow advisory is in effect for the rest of southwestern South Dakota. A snow advisory continues in effect this afternoon for the Uintah Basin of Utah...and for the mountains of northeastern Utah. A snow advisory is in effect this afternoon and tonight for the Nebraska Panhandle. Advisories for snow and blowing snow are in effect this afternoon and tonight for the northern and central mountains and northwest Plateau of Colorado. Snow was also falling across parts of the northwestern U.S... with snow reported at elevations near sea level as far south as northern California. Snow was reported at Arcata and Redding late this morning. Newport...on the central coast of Oregon... received two inches of snow overnight. Strong northerly winds were ushering the arctic air into the north central U.S. A wind chill advisory is in effect for Missoula County of west central Montana where strong easterly winds have been aproducing dangerous wind chill readings...particularily in the Hellgate Canyon east of Missoula. Livingston MT was reporting a wind chill reading of 44 degrees early this afternoon...and Duluth MN was reporting a wind chill reading of 43 degrees below zero. An advisory for blowing snow and dangerous wind chill readings has been posted for tonight for the upper Snake Highlands of Idaho. Strong and gusty winds were also ushering cold air into the southwestern U.S. A high wind warning is in effect this afternoon and evening for south central and extreme southern Nevada where wind gusts to 65 MPH are possible. Wind advisories are in effect for the mountains and northern deserts of southern California. A wind advisory is also in effect for the southern deserts...and the northern coastal and valley areas of southern California. A high wind watch has been posted for this afternoon and tonight for the northern mountains and northern deserts of southern California. Snow is expected in northern Arizona by Wednesday. A wind advisory is in effect today and tonight for northern Arizona ...and a winter storm watch has been posted for Wednesday for the higher elevations of northern Arizona. Strong southerly winds prevailed ahead of the arctic cold front ...from the southern plains region and the lower Mississippi Valley to the northeastern U.S. A high wind warning is in effect for the Champlain Valley of Vermont and New York state where wind gusts to 60 MPH are possible this afternoon. Winds gusted to 54 MPH at Burlington VT late this morning. Very strong winds were also over parts of Pennsylvania. Late this morning winds gusted to 52 MPH at Erie PA. Light snow...developing ahead of a warm front...was over parts of northern New England and upstate New York. Strong westerly winds were blowing through the high mountain passes of extreme southwest Texas. Guadalupe Pass were reported winds to 56 MPH early this afternoon...with gusts to 69 MPH. Temperatures were still in the 60s and 70s early this afternoon in the south central and southeastern U.S. Readings were still in the 50s and 60s in the Ohio Valley and the middle Atlantic Coast region. ...Record high temperatures for February 13th... City New record Old record/year Green Bay WI 43 tied 43 in 1984 Mansfield OH 56 55 in 1984 Temperatures were below freezing at midday from the northern and central High Plains to Upper Michigan and northern Lower Michigan. Temperatures were below zero across parts of Montana ...North Dakota and Minnesota. Temperatures remained above freezing last night in California and southern Arizona... and from the Gulf Coast states and the southern Atlantic Coast region to Lower Michigan. Morning lows were in the 50s in the southwestern deserts... and across much of the southern plains region and the lower Mississippi Valley. Morning lows were in the 60s in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Lows were in the 50s and 60s across southern Florida. Temperatures were still in the 50s around sunrise this morning as far north as the middle Mississippi Valley and the lower Ohio Valley. Temperatures dipped into the teens and single in numbers in northern New England...and across the northern central U.S. subzero readings were reported in North Dakota...northern Montana ...northern Minnesota...and northern Maine. The low for the nation this morning was 14 degrees below zero at Caribou ME. ...Record low temperatures for February 13th... City New record Old record/year Redding CA 26 tied 26 in 1980 On this date in 1899...it was the coldest morning of modern record along the Gulf Coast. The temperature dipped to 7 above at New Orleans LA and Pensacola FL...and plunged to one below zero at Mobile AL. The mercury dipped to 2 degrees below zero at Tallahassee FL...the coldest record of record for the state of Florida. Hugh Crowther 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------