Path: utzoo!utgpu!ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca!UIUCVMD!STORM-L Date: Wed, 7 Feb 90 16:17:42 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: <90Feb7.171053est.58593@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: list.storm-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu ZCZC MKCNWX1 ABUS1 KWBC 072100 NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 3 PM CST WED FEB 07 1990 Western winter weather warnings. Winter storm warnings were posted through the afternoon over the northern Oregon Coast and northern Utah. Advisories for snow today have been posted over the Washington Cascades and Olympics...the Oregon Cascades and central coastal mountain range...the Willamette Valley of Oregon...the southern mountains of Utah...and the west central through the north central mountains of Wyoming. An advisory for snow and blowing snow tonight was posted over the Montana mountains and passes near the Continental Divide. >From 4 to 8 inches of snow fell overnight across the mountains of northern and northwest Wyoming. Overnight snowfalls across Utah included 7 to 8 inches over the Cache Valley...6 inches at Brigham City...5 inches at Ogden...3 inches at Farmington...2 to 3 inches around the Salt Lake Valley ...about an inch in Utah County...8 inches at Heber...and 6 to 12 inches across the Wasatch Mountains. At noon rain and snow extended over western portions of Oregon and Washington...and the northwest corner of California. Snow was falling from central Nevada across the northwest third of Utah and Wyoming. Rain was scattered over the Virginia Coast. Snowfall during the 6 hours ending at noon CST included 3 inches at Ely NV and Salt Lake City UT...2 inches at Sheridan WY...and 1 inch at Quillayute WA. Heavier rainfall during the same 6 hours included almost one third of an inch at North Bend OR(.31). New York City JFK Airport reached 56 degrees on Tuesday and broke their high temperature record for the date...which was 54 degrees in 1960. High temperature records for February 7 broken or tied included City Today Record was Baltimore MD. 57 54 in 1965 /airport/ International Falls MN. 43 tied 43 in 1987 Neguanee MI. 42 41 in 1970/1987 Philadelphia PA. 59 58 in 1884 Williamsport PA. 49 tied 49 in 1953 Redding CA cooled to 25 degrees this morning and broke their low temperature record for February 7 of 26 degrees in 1949. Anchorage AK reached 23 degrees below zero this morning and set a record low for February 7. That record was 21 degrees below zero in 1950. There was slight relief from the cold in Alaska on Tuesday... some afternoon temperatures along the Alaska Highway climbed above 30 degrees below zero. Today marks the 14th day of bitter cold over interior Alaska. morning temperatures included 42 below zero at Fairbanks...48 below zero at Nenana...and 54 below zero at Bettles. A break in the continued cold across Alaska will arrive about next Tuesday. Low temperature for the contiguous united states this morning was 18 below zero at Truckee CA. Temperatures around the nation at 2 pm CST ranged from 12 degrees at Yellowstone WY to 84 degrees at Fort Myers 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------