National Weather Summary for March 31,2014 from weatherunderground.com

Weather Underground midday recap for Monday,March 31,2014

A cold frontal boundary inched across the West Coast on Monday, while a separate cold front extended from the central Rockies to the upper Midwest.

Heavy precipitation began to move across northern and central California on Monday as a cold front pushed across the West Coast. Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories were issued across the Klamath Mountains and the Sierra Nevadas as heavy snow began to move across the higher elevations. This system also ushered moderate rain across western Oregon. Washington stayed mostly clear of precipitation.

A separate cold front stretched from Colorado to Minnesota on Monday. A strong low pressure system along the frontal boundary pushed heavy snow across the northern Plains, as blizzard warnings were issued across the Dakotas and western Minnesota. Walsh, N.D., reported a midday total of 7.0 inches of snow, while Grand Forks, N.D., reported a midday total of 3.5 inches of snow. Strong winds accompanied this system, as Pennington, S.D., recorded wind speeds of 64 mph. A mixture of rain and snow also moved across the upper Midwest. To the south, a line of showers and thunderstorms developed over the southern Plains and the Mississippi Valley.

Meanwhile, an area of low pressure moved north northeastward along the northeastern coast on Monday. This system brought a mixture of rain and snow to eastern New England, as Manchester, N.H., reported a midday total of 1.38 inches of rain. The remainder of the Eastern Seaboard stayed clear of wet weather. .