Monday, April 7, 2014

National Weather Summary for April 7,2014 from weatherunderground.com

Weather Underground midday recap for Monday,April 7,2014

An active weather system continued to impact the eastern third of the country on Monday, while a ridge of high pressure kept the West Coast clear of wet weather.

A pair of low pressure systems moved northeastward across the eastern third of the country on Monday. The first area of low pressure inched across the Tennessee Valley and the Ohio Valley. This system brought showers and thunderstorms to parts of the Midwest, the Ohio Valley and the Northeast. Flood advisories were issued across Michigan as the heaviest rain moved across the southern tier of the Great Lakes. Meanwhile, a separate low pressure system moved over the Eastern Seaboard. Tornado watches were issued along the Florida Panhandle, eastern Georgia, eastern South Carolina and eastern North Carolina as a line of strong thunderstorms developed over the region. Flash flood watches were also issued along the eastern Gulf Coast due to heavy rain associated with these thunderstorms. Rome, Ga., reported a midday total of 3.43 inches of rain, while Gainesville, Ga., reported a midday total of 3.38 inches of rain. Just to the west, light, scattered showers developed across the Plains, stretching from western Texas to North Dakota.

Conditions remained very dry over the western side of the Continental Divide on Monday due to a ridge of high pressure along the West Coast. Temperatures ranged between the 80s and 90s across the California and Arizona deserts, as Thermal, Calif., reported a midday high of 90 degrees.

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