Path: utzoo!utgpu!UIUCVMD!STORM-L Date: Sat, 24 Feb 90 17:13:34 EST Reply-To: STORM-L@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU Sender: STORM-L Storms and weather related info From: Charley Kline To: UofToronto LAN redistribution Message-ID: <90Feb25.192816est.57421@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: list.storm-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu ABUS1 KWBC 242100 NWX1 NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 3 PM CST SAT FEB 24 1990 ARCTIC COLD INVADING THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. THE SUN IS GETTING HIGHER IN THE SKY AS THE END OF FEBRUARY NEARS ..BUT OLD MAN WINTER IS DETERMINED TO GET IN AT LEAST ONE MORE FLING BEFORE THE MONTH IS OVER. A SHARP COLD FRONT WAS USHERING ARCTIC AIR INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S...AND SNOW WAS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA FROM THE OHIO VALLEY AND THE GREAT LAKES REGION TO NEW ENGLAND. A STORM OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST CONTINUED TO PRODUCE SNOW IN NEW ENGLAND...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WERE PRODUCING SQUALLS WITH HEAVY SNOW IN THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION...AND LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN WAS PRODUCING SNOW FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST REGION. IN THE NORTHEASTERN U.S...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN MAINE. THE STORM NOW OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST PRODUCED SIX INCHES OF SNOW AT BRATTLEBORO VT AND SHAFTSBURY VT. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA RANGED UP TO FIVE INCHES AT WILLIAMSPORT. PORTLAND ME RECEIVED FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IN JUST SIX HOURS EARLY TODAY. LOW PRESSURE NOW PRODUCING SNOW IN THE OHIO VALLEY IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE SNOW TO THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR VERMONT AND EASTERN NEW YORK...NEW HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHERN MAINE AND ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SQUALLS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF UPPER MICHIGAN. SNOWFALL TOTALS AS OF SUNRISE RANGED UP TO 12 INCHES AT IRONWOOD AND WAKEFIELD...WITH 10 INCHES REPORTED AT MARQUETTE. A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE OF UPPER MICHIGAN WHERE WIND AND SNOW HAVE BEEN PRODUCING BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. AN ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN...AND A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR TONIGHT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. LOW PRESSURE...CENTERED OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS MORNING...WAS PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY...THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION...AND THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN REGION. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO. ADVISORIES FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS THE REST OF THE STATE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA...WHILE SNOW ADVISORIES COVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE. HEAVY SNOW WAS REPORTED ALONG WITH A THUNDERSTORM AT CLARKSBURG WV THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NEW YORK STATE. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...AND THE LAUREL AND NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL DELAWARE. AN ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. SKIES WERE SUNNY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TODAY. CLOUDS AND FOG PREVAILED IN THE WESTERN U.S. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WERE USHERING ARCTIC AIR INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. WINDS GUSTED TO 54 MPH AT PERU INDIANA THIS MORNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAUSED SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE AROUND SAINT LOUIS MO EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS PREVAILED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION...THE OHIO VALLEY...AND THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS PREVAILED ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND THE OHIO VALLEY...AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC COAST REGION. READINGS WERE ONLY IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE NUMBERS FROM NORTH DAKOTA TO MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. TEMPERATURES WERE HOVERING CLOSE TO ZERO IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN THE 50S AND 60S FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE SOUTHERN ATLANTIC COAST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH READINGS IN THE 70S IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS. WARM WEATHER PREVAILED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. TEMPERATURES AT MIDDAY WERE ALREADY INTO THE 70S IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA. TEMEPRATURES REMAINED IN THE 40S AND LOWER 50S OVERNIGHT IN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA. READINGS REMAINED IN THE 40S IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS...SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN ATLANTIC COAST. MORNING LOWS ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WERE MOSTLY IN THE 40S AND 50S. TEMPERATURES DROPPED BELOW FREEZING LAST NIGHT IN THE GREAT BASIN AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION...AND FROM THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TO NEW ENGLAND. READINGS DIPPED BELOW ZERO IN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THE LOW FOR THE NATION THIS MORNING WAS 12 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT WARROAD MN. ON THIS DATE IN 1936...VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE RECEIVED BROWN SNOW DUE TO DUST STORMS IN THE GREAT PLAINS REGION. HUGH CROWTHER NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER