Weather Underground midday recap for Sunday,March 16,2014
An active weather system pushed across the central and eastern thirds of
the country on Sunday, while the majority of the western states
experienced calm conditions.
An area of low pressure inched across the eastern Gulf Coast on Sunday,
which triggered strong to severe thunderstorms over the southeastern
portion of the country. Tornado watches and severe thunderstorm warnings
were issued across the Florida Panhandle and southern Georgia as heavy
rain and thunderstorms developed across the region. Destin, Fla.,
reported a midday total of 2.82 inches of rain, while Houston, Ala.,
reported wind gusts of 60 mph. Just to the north of this system, a cold
frontal boundary extended from the southern Plains to New England.
Temperatures dropped roughly 20 degrees behind the cold front, which
initiated winter weather across a handful of states. A mixture of
freezing rain and snow developed from the middle Mississippi Valley to
the southern Ohio Valley, as Phelps, Mo., reported a midday total of 2.0
inches of snow. The Northeast experienced cold, blustery conditions on
Sunday as wind chill advisories were issued across northwestern New
England. Mount Washington, N.H., recorded a morning low of -13 degrees
with a wind chill factor of -53 degrees.
Out west, an onshore flow ushered rainy weather across Washington and
northern Oregon. Conditions remained mostly clear across the Great Basin
and the Southwest due to high pressure along the eastern Pacific.
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