Weather Underground midday recap for Friday,October 4,2013.
The nation saw an active weather pattern on Friday as multiple weather
features affected the country. In the West, a low pressure system moved
over the Rockies and into the Plains, which pulled cold air in from
Canada and created a strong winter storm across the northern Rockies and
northern Plains. Heaviest snowfall has been reported across Wyoming and
into South Dakota, with snowfall totals ranging from 6 to 12 inches and
over 1 foot at highest mountains peaks. Strong winds associated with
this storm created blizzard conditions across eastern Wyoming and
western South Dakota. The region saw strong winds from 30 to 40 mph,
with gusts up to 50 mph, which caused poor visibility and dangerous
driving conditions. The strongest wind at 63 mph was reported at Wolf
Creek Pass, Colorado.
At the same time, a warm front extended eastward from this system and
pushed warm and moist air into the upper Midwest from the Gulf of
Mexico. Showers and thunderstorms developed along the warm front, across
Iowa, southern Minnesota and moved into Wisconsin and Illniois. Some of
these storms turned severe with large hail, damaging winds, and heavy
rainfall across Iowa. Hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter reported at
Amana, Iowa, while the heaviest rainfall was reported at Des Moines,
Iowa with a midday total of 2.24 inches.
Meanwhile in the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Karin maintained
strength on Friday with maximum winds up to 50 mph. This system
continued to track northward toward southeastern Louisiana. While the
system has not yet made landfall over the Gulf coast, the system has
pushed some scattered showers onshore from southern Louisiana and across
the panhandle of Florida.
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