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NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
3 PM CST TUE FEB 06 1990

Winter in the northwest.

Winter weather and threats of winter weather extended west of a
cold front that...at noon...reached from central Idaho across the
central coast of California.

Winter storm warnings were posted for today across the Washington
Cascades and Olympics...and the northern coastal mountains of
Oregon.

About 14 inches of snow fell since monday morning over Stevens
Pass WA...and 13 inches of snow fell at Snoqualmie Pass WA during
the past 24 hours.

As much as 4 inches of new snow fell overnight across the
mountains that lie along the northern coast of Oregon.

Advisories for snow today and tonight were posted over portions
of Oregon including the Cascades...the central coast...the
interior southwest and the Willamette Valley /above 400 feet
elevation/.

An advisory for snow today was posted over the western slopes of
the California Sierra Nevada...south of Lake Tahoe.

Four inches of new snow covered Donner Summit at 9 am.

A winter storm watch has been posted for tonight and Wednesday
over western Wyoming.

Cold winter temperatures continued across interior Alaska.  There
has been little change since the cold snap began...on January 26.
temperatures have been 15 to 20 degrees colder than normal for
early February.  No record breakers...but lows range from 30
below zero to 50 below zero.

Rainshowers...snowshowers and occasional thundershowers remained
along the northern Pacific Coast.  Rain extended from the
northern coast of California through central California...with
rain changing to snow in the mountains and extending across
northern Utah...Idaho...northwest Wyoming and western Montana.

Snow was also scattered over northeast New York State into west
central New England.  Rainshowers reached from southern
Mississippi across southern Louisiana and the upper Texas Gulf
Coast.  Light rain extended from eastern Kansas and southeast
Nebraska across northern and west central Missouri.

Snowfall during the 6 hours ending at noon included 1 inch at
Astoria OR and Quillayute WA.  Heavier rainfall included about
one third of an inch at New Orleans LA(.39).

High temperature records for this date broken or tied included
City             Today     Record was
Devils Lake ND.    44      43 in 1925
Harrisburg PA.     60 tied 60 in 1938
Roanoke VA.        64      63 in 1963
Williamsport PA.   53      52 in 1909

No complaints...but the average daily temperature at La Crosse WI
has been nearly 13 degrees above normal since December 26.

Low temperature for the nation this morning was 8 degrees below
zero at both Hibbing MN and International Falls MN.

Temperatures around the nation at 2 pm CST ranged from 22 degrees
at Yellowstone WY to 78 degrees at Key West FL...Fort Myers FL
and Miami FL.

Harry Gordon
National Severe Storms Forecast Center
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