Weather Underground midday recap for Tuesday,November 5,2013
Winter weather advisories were issued across the northern Plains and
upper Midwest on Tuesday, while a cold front inched closer to the
Pacific Northwest Coast.
A cold frontal boundary stretched from Arizona to Michigan on Tuesday,
which provided moderate to heavy precipitation over the central third of
the country. Winter weather advisories were issued in Colorado,
Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin as snow showers rolled
through the region. Elsmere, Neb., reported a midday total of 2.0 inches
of snow, while Madison, S.D., reported a midday total of 1.57 inches of
snow. Moderate to heavy rain also accompanied this cold front, which
impacted several states. Hays, Kan., reported a midday total of 1.01
inches of rain, while Palacios, Texas, reported a midday total of 0.92
inches of rain. Cold temperatures also followed this cold front, which
stretched across the Intermountain West and northern Plains. West
Yellowstone, Mont., recorded a morning low of -2 degrees, while Craig,
Colo., recorded a morning low of 1 degree. The eastern third of the
country stayed clear of precipitation on Tuesday due to a ridge of high
pressure over the region.
A separate cold front approached the Pacific Northwest coast on Tuesday,
which brought light showers to western Washington and northwestern
Oregon. The Southwest stayed clear of wet weather as high pressure
lingered along the coast of California.
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