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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
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