Weather Underground midday recap for Monday,March 17,2014
An active weather system moved across the Eastern Seaboard on Monday,
while a wave of low pressure inched across the Intermountain West.
A cold frontal boundary extended from the central Gulf Coast to the
Mid-Atlantic on Monday as temperatures dropped roughly 20 degrees over
the eastern portion of the country. A strong low pressure system over
the Southeast triggered widespread precipitation over a handful of
states. Tornado watches were issued across Florida as severe
thunderstorms and heavy rain impacted the state. Cross City, Fla.,
reported a midday total of 3.33 inches of rain, while Gainesville, Fla.,
reported a midday total of 1.96 inches of rain. Moderate rain and
thunderstorms pushed across Georgia and the Carolinas, while a mixture
of sleet and snow impacted several Mid-Atlantic states.
Meanwhile, winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories were
issued across the upper Intermountain West, the northern Plains and the
upper Midwest as several waves of low pressured moved across the region.
Glacier, Mont., reported a midday total of 4.0 inches of snow, while
Dunn, Wis., reported a midday total of 2.0 inches of snow. To the west,
light, scattered rain and snow moved across the Pacific Northwest.
Conditions remained calm from the Southwest to the southern Plains on
Monday due to high pressure over the Four Corners. Temperatures ranged
between the 70s and 80s across the Desert Southwest, as Needles, Calif.,
recorded a midday high of 84 degrees.
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