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NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
3 PM CST FRI FEB 23 1990

SNOW MOVED INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST.

An advisory for snow this afternoon and evening has been posted
over the western half of Wisconsin.  After the snow ends tonight
..skies across Wisconsin will clear for the week end...
temperatures will drop...and winds will become northerly 15 and
30 MPH.  High temperatures in the single numbers and strong winds
will bring unpleasant wind chills.

A heavy snow watch was posted for tonight and Saturday across
northeast and north central Upper Michigan.  A heavy snow watch
for Saturday has been posted over northeastern Upper Michigan.

The most recent storm crossed southwestern Lower Michigan on
Thursday night...and left 6 to 10 inch snowfalls.  Grand Rapids
has had almost 17 inches of snow this month (16.7)...and near 78
inches of snow this winter (77.7).  The average total for
February is 11 inches (11.0) and 71 inches for the season (71.3).

Illinois is getting ready for north winds and much colder
temperatures across extreme northern and northeast portions of
the state during this evening.

A high wind warning has been posted for Bethel AK today.  Winds
gusted to 40 MPH during the morning.  Rising temperatures will
bring the wind chill from the 70 degrees below zero during the
early morning to 55 below zero during the afternoon.

A blizzard warning remained through this evening for St. Paul
Island AK with wind chills to 35 below zero during the afternoon.
Northwest winds 35 gusting to 45 MPH will diminish to 30 MPH
overnight...but temperatures will lower and wind chills near 35
below zero will continue.

The blizzard warning at cold Bay AK has expired.  Winds gusted to
near 50 MPH during the storm and several aircraft were stranded
at cold bay because of bad weather.

Snowfall during the 6 hours ending at noon included 3 inches at
St. Cloud MN...2 inches at Minneapolis/St Paul MN...also 1 inch
at Duluth MN...Fargo ND...Grand Forks ND...Hibbing MN...Mt
Clemens MI and Niagara Falls NY.

Heavier rainfall during the same 6 hours included an inch and a
half at Tampa FL(1.46)...an inch at Melbourne FL(.90)...three
quarters of an inch at Vero Beach FL(.74) and two thirds of an
inch at Cocoa Beach FL(.68).

At noon snow was falling over north central and eastern North
Dakota...northern Minnesota...western Upper Michigan...northern
Wisconsin...northern ohio and western New York state.  Rain and
occasional thunderstorms extended from south central New York
state across western Pennsylvania into northern West Virginia...
the central half of the Florida Peninsula...as well as scattered
along the North Carolina and South Carolina coast.

Temperatures at noon ranged from near 60 degrees over northern
New England to near 20 degrees over the northern plains...in the
40s along the eastern slopes of the northern Rockies...in the 40s
along the northern Pacific Coast...in the 60s and 70s across the
southern Pacific Coast...the 60s over the Texas Gulf Coast...and
the 80s over southeast Florida.

Low temperature for the nation this morning was 2 degrees above
zero at Gunnison CO...and Truckee CA.

Portland ME reached 55 degrees during the morning to tie their
high temperature record for February 23...set in 1984.  Then...
their temperature began to fall.

Boston MA/Logan Airport/ reached 65 degrees during the early
afternoon and broke their record high temperature for this date
..which was 63 degrees set in 1943.

Temperatures around the nation at 2 pm CST ranged from 13 degrees
at Devils Lake ND to 84 degrees at Key West FL.

Harry Gordon
National Severe Storms Forecast Center
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