Weather Underground midday recap for Monday,December 23,2013
A cold frontal boundary began to make its way off of the East Coast on
Monday, while a ridge of high pressure kept the desert Southwest warm
and dry.
Active weather associated with a cold front extended from the central
Gulf Coast to the Northeast on Monday. Winter storm warnings and ice
storm warnings were issued across New England as wintery weather passed
through the region. Washington, Maine, reported a midday total of 1.10
inches of freezing rain, while Mars Hill, Maine, reported a midday total
of 8.0 inches of snow. Showers and thunderstorms developed along the
central and southern ends of the cold front, as flood warnings and flood
watches were issued across a handful of southeastern states. Dothan,
Ala., reported a midday total of 2.62 inches of rain, while Chester,
S.C., reported a midday total of 2.23 inches of rain.
The north central U.S. experienced very cold temperatures on Monday as a
high pressure system continued to draw an arctic air mass over the
area. Hettinger, N.D., recorded a morning low of -34 degrees, while Wolf
Point, Mont., recorded a morning low of -32 degrees with a wind chill
factor of -50 degrees. Scattered snow showers developed over Oklahoma,
Kansas and Missouri due to a low pressure system over the southern
Plains.
Out west, a cold front ushered showers across the Pacific Northwest on
Monday, while a low pressure system drove snow showers across the
northern Rockies. The Southwest stayed warm and sunny as a ridge of high
pressure continued to sit over the eastern Pacific.
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