Weather Underground midday recap for Thursday,April 10,2014
A cold frontal boundary extended from the southern Plains to the Great
Lakes on Thursday, while a ridge of high pressure continued to build
over the eastern Pacific.
A line of showers and thunderstorms began to develop across the central
third of the country as a cold frontal boundary stretched from Oklahoma
to Michigan. Flood advisories were issued across the Mississippi Valley,
the Ohio Valley and the upper Midwest on Thursday as the heaviest rain
moved across Michigan. Meanwhile, this cold front brought cooler
temperatures to the upper Intermountain West and the northern Plains, as
temperatures dropped 5 to 10 degrees behind the frontal boundary. The
southern Plains and the Gulf Coast experienced very warm conditions due
to a ridge of high pressure over the Gulf of Mexico. Breckenridge,
Texas, recorded a midday high of 91 degrees, while Vernon, Texas,
recorded a midday high of 90 degrees. The eastern third of the country
stayed mostly clear of precipitation on Thursday.
A weak low pressure system shifted eastward over the Great Basin and the
central Rockies, which produced gusty winds across Colorado. Monarch
Pass, Colo., recorded wind speeds of 54 mph, while Buena Vista, Colo.,
recorded wind speeds of 45 mph.
The West Coast remained very dry on Thursday due to a high pressure
system over the eastern Pacific. Temperatures ranged between the 80s and
90s across the Desert Southwest, as Palm Springs, Calif., recorded a
midday high of 91 degrees.
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