Path: utzoo!utgpu!UIUCVMD!STORM-L Date: Tue, 27 Feb 90 15:48:35 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: <90Feb27.155955est.57720@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: list.storm-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu ABUS1 KWBC 272100 NWX1 NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 3 PM CST TUE FEB 27 1990 A CHILL REMAINED OVER THE NORTHEAST. RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES FOR FEBRUARY 27 BROKEN OR TIED THIS MORNING INCLUDED CITY TODAY RECORD WAS ATLANTIC CITY NJ. 10 TIED 10 IN 1963 HARTFORD CT. B 2 0 IN 1963 AN ADVISORY FOR SNOW WAS POSTED FOR A PORTION OF NEW MEXICO TODAY ..OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS. AN ADVISORY FOR WINTER WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON WAS POSTED OVER THE LAUREL AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN. THE STORM PRODUCED 2 INCHES OF SNOW NEAR JOHNSTOWN PA...2 AND 3 INCHES ALONG THE LAUREL RIDGES...WITH ABOUT AN INCH IN SOUTHERN CLEARFIELD AND WESTERN BEDFORD COUNTIES. WINTER STORM WATCHES FOR PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO TONIGHT WERE POSTED OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS... NORTHEAST PLAINS...CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAINED FOR LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW TODAY FROM THE SUSITNA VALLEY ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE AND THE UPPER YUKON VALLEY EAST OF BEAVER AK OF ALASKA...AND THE TANANA VALLEY EAST OF FAIRBANKS AK. SNOW SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING DURING THE MORNING OVER EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK STATE...AND WERE MOVING EASTWARD. LOCAL ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR A NEW WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES DURING THE MORNING. THE STORM WILL BEGIN AFFECTING THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY EVENING. BY NOON SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS NORTHERN MAINE...VERMONT... EASTERN NEW YORK STATE...PENNSYLVANIA...MARYLAND AND DELAWARE ..OVER EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...ALSO FROM SOUTHERN WYOMING ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST PORTION OF NEBRASKA...WESTERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. RAIN EXTENDED OVER THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO WESTERN TEXAS...ALSO ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL DURING THE 6 HOURS ENDING AT NOON CST. SNOWFALL DURING THE SAME 6 HOURS INCLUDED 2 INCHES AT SYRACUSE NY AS WELL AS AN INCH AT BRADFORD PA AND MASSENA NY. LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE NATION THIS MORNING WAS 29 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT MILO ME. TEMPERATURES AROUND THE NATION AT 2 PM CST RANGED FROM 13 DEGREES AT PRESQUE ISLAND ME TO 79 DEGREES AT HARLINGEN TX AND YUMA AZ. HARRY GORDON NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER