Weather Underground midday recap for Monday,December 2,2013
An arctic air mass continued to move southward across the western third
of the country on Monday, while a coastal storm triggered Gale Warnings
across the northern portion of the Eastern Seaboard.
An arctic air mass weather drove active weather across the West Coast,
the Intermountain West, the northern Plains and the upper Midwest.
Winter storm warnings, high wind warnings and hard freeze watches were
issued across the Pacific Northwest, the Intermountain West, the Great
Basin and the Southwest as a cold frontal boundary stretched from
southern Oregon to Wyoming. Heavy snow began to fall across the
Cascades, as well as parts of the northern and central Rockies.
Shoshone, Idaho, reported a midday total of 12.0 inches of snow, while
Bonner, Idaho reported a midday total of 11.0 inches snow. Rainy
conditions also moved over Washington, Oregon, northern California,
Idaho, Nevada and Utah. Brookings, Ore., reported a midday total of 1.28
inches of rain, while Corvallis, Ore., reported a midday total of 0.79
inches of rain. The Southwest avoided precipitation due to a high
pressure system over the four corners.
A separate cold front associated with the previously mentioned arctic
air mass stretched from Montana to South Dakota. Heavy snow fell in
Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota on Monday as a result of this
frontal boundary. Glacier, Mont., reported a midday total of 8.0 inches
of snow, while Rolette, N.D., reported a midday total of 4.0 inches of
snow. Just to the southeast, parts of the Mississippi Valley experienced
showers as this frontal boundary interacted with a muggy air mass from
the Gulf of Mexico.
In the Northeast, a coastal storm brought rain and snow to Maine, while Gale Warnings were issued along the Eastern Seaboard.
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