Weather Underground midday recap for Thursday,August 29,2013.
Hot temperatures continued for the Midwest, showers and thunderstorms
developed across the Southwest, and rain showers moved into the Pacific
Northwest on Thursday. A low pressure system over the Dakotas slowly
advanced eastward toward the Great Lakes. Flow around this system
created a warm front that pushed showers and thunderstorms into northern
Minnesota. Some of these storms turned severe with strong winds that
blew down thick tree branches near Oslo, Minnesota. Hibbing, Minnesota
saw the heaviest precipitation with these storms with a midday total up
to 0.95 inches of rain. South of these storms, the warm front ensured
near-record breaking high temperatures across the Dakotas, Minnesota and
Iowa. High temperatures varied in the 90s, about 10 to 15 degrees above
normal with heat index values up to 105 degrees. Heat advisories have
remained in effect for these areas.
In the West, moisture lingering over the Southwest allowed for more
showers and thunderstorms to develop from southern California and
northern Baja California through Arizona and New Mexico. Meanwhile to
the north, a low pressure system dropped southeastward from the Gulf of
Alaska and pushed a cold front into the Pacific Northwest. This
triggered scattered rain showers that spread across western Washington
and Oregon throughout the day.
No comments:
Post a Comment