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NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
3 PM CST TUE FEB 13 1990

Heavy Snow in Wyoming

An invasion of arctic air has brought snow to the north central
U.S.  Snow extended from the northern and central Rockies to the
central High Plains early this afternoon.

Heavy snow fell across Wyoming late Monday and early today.
Heavier snowfall totals included 15 inches at Big Horn...
11 inches at Rawlins...and 10 inches at Casper and Dayton.
A snow advisory remains in effect for the northwest corner of
Wyoming.

Heavy snow has also fallen across parts of western South Dakota
...with up to 9 inches reported in the Black Hills area.

A winter storm warning is in effect for the Black Hills of South Dakota.
A snow advisory is in effect for the rest of southwestern South Dakota.

A snow advisory continues in effect this afternoon for the Uintah
Basin of Utah...and for the mountains of northeastern Utah.

A snow advisory is in effect this afternoon and tonight for the
Nebraska Panhandle.

Advisories for snow and blowing snow are in effect this afternoon
and tonight for the northern and central mountains and northwest
Plateau of Colorado.

Snow was also falling across parts of the northwestern U.S...
with snow reported at elevations near sea level as far south as
northern California.  Snow was reported at Arcata and Redding
late this morning.  Newport...on the central coast of Oregon...
received two inches of snow overnight.

Strong northerly winds were ushering the arctic air into the
north central U.S.

A wind chill advisory is in effect for Missoula County of west
central Montana where strong easterly winds have been aproducing
dangerous wind chill readings...particularily in the Hellgate
Canyon east of Missoula.

Livingston MT was reporting a wind chill reading of 44 degrees
early this afternoon...and Duluth MN was reporting a wind chill
reading of 43 degrees below zero.

An advisory for blowing snow and dangerous wind chill readings
has been posted for tonight for the upper Snake Highlands of
Idaho.

Strong and gusty winds were also ushering cold air into the
southwestern U.S.

A high wind warning is in effect this afternoon and evening for
south central and extreme southern Nevada where wind gusts to
65 MPH are possible.

Wind advisories are in effect for the mountains and northern
deserts of southern California.  A wind advisory is also in
effect for the southern deserts...and the northern coastal and
valley areas of southern California.

A high wind watch has been posted for this afternoon and tonight
for the northern mountains and northern deserts of southern
California.

Snow is expected in northern Arizona by Wednesday.  A wind
advisory is in effect today and tonight for northern Arizona
...and a winter storm watch has been posted for Wednesday for the
higher elevations of northern Arizona.

Strong southerly winds prevailed ahead of the arctic cold front
...from the southern plains region and the lower Mississippi
Valley to the northeastern U.S.

A high wind warning is in effect for the Champlain Valley of
Vermont and New York state where wind gusts to 60 MPH are
possible this afternoon.  Winds gusted to 54 MPH at Burlington VT
late this morning.

Very strong winds were also over parts of Pennsylvania.  Late
this morning winds gusted to 52 MPH at Erie PA.

Light snow...developing ahead of a warm front...was over parts of
northern New England and upstate New York.

Strong westerly winds were blowing through the high mountain
passes of extreme southwest Texas.  Guadalupe Pass were reported
winds to 56 MPH early this afternoon...with gusts to 69 MPH.

Temperatures were still in the 60s and 70s early this afternoon
in the south central and southeastern U.S.  Readings were still
in the 50s and 60s in the Ohio Valley and the middle Atlantic
Coast region.

...Record high temperatures for February 13th...

City                New record   Old record/year
Green Bay WI              43   tied   43 in 1984
Mansfield OH              56          55 in 1984

Temperatures were below freezing at midday from the northern
and central High Plains to Upper Michigan and northern Lower
Michigan.  Temperatures were below zero across parts of Montana
...North Dakota and Minnesota.

Temperatures remained above freezing last night in California and
southern Arizona... and from the Gulf Coast states and the
southern Atlantic Coast region to Lower Michigan.

Morning lows were in the 50s in the southwestern deserts...
and across much of the southern plains region and the lower
Mississippi Valley.  Morning lows were in the 60s in the lower
Rio Grande Valley of Texas.  Lows were in the 50s and 60s across
southern Florida.

Temperatures were still in the 50s around sunrise this morning
as far north as the middle Mississippi Valley and the lower Ohio
Valley.

Temperatures dipped into the teens and single in numbers in
northern New England...and across the northern central U.S.
subzero readings were reported in North Dakota...northern Montana
...northern Minnesota...and northern Maine.

The low for the nation this morning was 14 degrees below zero at
Caribou ME.

...Record low temperatures for February 13th...
City               New record   Old record/year
Redding CA               26   tied   26 in 1980

On this date in 1899...it was the coldest morning of modern
record along the Gulf Coast.  The temperature dipped to 7 above
at New Orleans LA and Pensacola FL...and plunged to one below
zero at Mobile AL.  The mercury dipped to 2 degrees below zero
at Tallahassee FL...the coldest record of record for the state
of Florida.

Hugh Crowther
National Severe Storms Forecast Center
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