Weather Underground midday recap for Tuesday,February 4,2014
An area of low pressure surged northeastward from the western Gulf Coast
on Tuesday, while high pressure brought cold, blustery conditions to
the northern Plains.
A surge of moisture pushed northeastward from the western side of the
Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, which triggered widespread precipitation
across the central U.S. Winter storm warnings and winter weather
advisories were issued from the central Plains, across the Mississippi
Valley, into the Ohio Valley and over the Northeast. Heavy snow fell in
the several states in the central Plains and Midwest, as Cass, Mo.,
reported a midday total of 5.0 inches of snow, while Lafayette, Mo.,
reported a midday total of 4.0 inches of snow. Sleet, freezing rain and
rain pushed across the southern Plains and the lower Mississippi Valley,
as Pine Bluff, Ark., reported a midday total of 1.02 inches of rain,
while Stuttgart, Ark., reported a midday total of 0.88 inches of rain.
To the north, cold, blustery conditions swept across the northern Plains
and the upper Midwest, as Hibbing, Minn., recorded a morning low of -22
degrees.
Meanwhile, a frontal boundary extended across the Pacific Northwest and
the Intermountain West on Tuesday, as snow showers impacted the central
Rockies. Moffat, Colo., reported a midday total of 3.0 inches of snow.
The West Coast stayed mostly clear of precipitation due to a ridge of high pressure over the eastern Pacific.
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