Path: utzoo!utgpu!UIUCVMD!STORM-L Date: Sun, 25 Feb 90 20:50:10 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: <90Feb25.222808est.57403@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: list.storm-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu ABUS1 KWBC 260200 NWX1 NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 8 PM CST SUN FEB 25 1990 SNOW OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. A LAKE SNOW ADVISORY WAS POSTED FOR TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK STATE. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL BRING WIND CHILLS OF ABOUT 10 BELOW ZERO DURING THE NIGHT. ADVISORIES FOR WIND CHILLS THROUGH LATE EVENING WERE POSTED OVER EASTERN NEW YORK STATE...VERMONT...AND INLAND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WHERE WIND CHILLS WILL REACH 20 BELOW TO 50 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE WINTER STORM PRODUCED 10 INCHES OF SNOW AROUND NARRAGANSETT RI AND BLUE HILL MA...8 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS MARTHAS VINEYARD...AS WELL AS 8 INCHES AT WEYMOUTH MA...HOLYOKE MA AND CHESTER MA. WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR A HARD FREEZE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND NORTHERN ALABAMA. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BE FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING OVER THE REMAINDER OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. A SNOW ADVISORY WAS POSTED FOR THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW FELL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL SNOW DURING THE EVENING AND TEMPERATURES NEAR 20 DEGREES WILL MAKE HIGHWAYS DANGEROUS FOR TRAVEL. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINED DURING THE EVENING FOR THE ARCTIC COAST WEST OF BARROW AK...WITH A WINTER STORM WATCH TONIGHT FOR BARROW AK AND THE ARCTIC COAST TO THE EAST OF BARROW. WIND CHILLS WILL REACH 80 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST. SNOW CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO THE EVENING. SNOW AND BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW REACHED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. SNOW WAS SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ..WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE...AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SNOWFALL DURING THE 6 HOURS ENDING AT 6 PM CST INCLUDED 2 INCHES AT ALBANY NY AND COLUMBIA MO...AS WELL AS 1 INCH AT CHICOPEE FALLS MA AND HARTFORD CT. HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE NATION TODAY WAS 87 DEGREES AT BORREGO SPRINGS CA. HARRY GORDON NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER