Weather Underground midday recap for Thursday,November 7,2013
A cold frontal boundary inched over the Pacific Northwest on Thursday,
while a separate cold front moved over the Eastern Seaboard.
Moderate to strong showers associated with a cold front began to push
across the Pacific Northwest on Thursday. Strong showers impacted the
coast of Washington, while lighter showers moved across central Oregon.
Quillayute, Wash., recorded a midday total of 0.99 inches of rain, while
Hoquiam, Wash., recorded a midday total of 0.92 inches of rain.
Just to the east, winter weather advisories and high wind warnings were
issued across the Intermountain West as a stationary front lingered over
the region. Gunnison, Colo., reported a morning low of 10 degrees,
while Monarch Pass, Colo., recorded wind speeds of 43 mph. High
elevation snow also occurred in parts of the northern Rockies as a
result of this stationary front. The Southwest remained warm and dry on
Thursday due to a high pressure system over the region. Camp Pendleton,
Calif., reported a midday high of 86 degrees.
A separate ridge of high pressure kept the central third of the U.S. clear of precipitation.
An extensive cold front that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to New
England provided showers and thunderstorms to the Northeast on Thursday.
The majority of the wet weather occurred along the northern portion of
the Eastern Seaboard as this cold frontal boundary inched off of the
coast. Block Island, R.I., recorded a midday total of 0.88 inches of
rain.
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