National Weather Summary for February 17,2014 from weatherunderground.com

Weather Underground midday recap for Monday,February 17,2014

An area of low pressure over the central U.S. drove an active weather system across a handful of states on Monday, while another cold frontal boundary moved over the Pacific Northwest. A mixture of rain, freezing rain and snow pushed across the central portion of the country on Monday as low pressure trekked across the region. Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories were issued in the upper Midwest, the Ohio Valley and the Mid-Atlantic, as a swatch of snow showers passed through several states. Snow impacted Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, as Itasca, Minn., reported a midday total of 5.0 inches of snow, while Crow Wing, Minn., also reported a midday total of 5.0 inches of snow. Rain and ice storms shifted across several states in the lower Ohio Valley and the Tennessee Valley, as Christian, Ill., reported a midday total of 0.20 inches of ice. The southern Plains, the Gulf Coast and the Southeast stayed mostly clear of wet weather due to high pressure over the Gulf of Mexico. Robstown, Texas, recorded a midday high of 87 degrees.

Meanwhile, a cold front extended over the Pacific Northwest on Monday, which brought rain to parts of northern California, Oregon and Washington, and snow showers to the Cascades and northern Rockies. Scappoose, Ore., reported a midday total of 1.63 inches of rain, while Kelso-Longview, Wash., reported a midday total of 1.35 inches of rain. The Southwest stayed warm and dry, as Yuma, Ariz., recorded a midday high of 81 degrees.