Weather Underground midday recap for Wednesday,March 26,2014
A strong low pressure system continued to clip the Eastern Seaboard on
Wednesday, while a cold frontal boundary extended from the Southwest to
the upper Intermountain West.
An area of low pressure trekked north northeastward along the New
England coast on Wednesday, bringing heavy snow showers and strong winds
to the northwestern corner of the country. Blizzard warnings were
issued in eastern Maine, while hurricane force wind warnings were issued
from the northern Mid-Atlantic coast to the New England coast. Bass
Harbor, Maine, reported a midday total of 2.0 inches of snow, while
Nantucket, Mass., recorded wind speeds of 82 mph. High pressure over the
Tennessee Valley kept conditions clear across the lower Mid-Atlantic
and the Southeast on Wednesday.
A separate low pressure system pushed eastward across the southern
Plains, as showers and thunderstorms popped up over parts of Texas,
Oklahoma and Kansas. San Antonio Stinson, Texas, reported a midday total
of 0.51 inches of rain.
Meanwhile, a cold frontal boundary stretched from southern California to
Wyoming on Wednesday, as wet weather moved across parts of the West
Coast, the Great Basin and the Intermountain West. The heaviest rain
developed over the Pacific Northwest, as Tillamook, Ore., reported a
midday total of 0.75 inches of rain. Scattered snow showers also pushed
across the Cascades, the Rockies and the Sierra Nevadas as winter storm
warnings were issued in the northern Sierra Nevadas. Lake Tahoe, Calif.,
reported a midday total of 6.0 inches of snow. .
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