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A storm continued to weaken upon moving into the Eastern states this
afternoon. There were a few pockets of light snow remaining over
southwestern Pennsylvania and western and upstate New York. Spotty
rain was also affecting parts of West Virginia and western Maryland
into south-central Pennsylvania. with a couple of showers along the
southern Atlantic Seaboard. Dry weather stretched from around Lake
Superior to Louisiana and central and southern Texas. A very weak
disturbance was producing some radar echoes over the northern Plains
and the Upper Midwest, but very little of that was reaching the
ground. Farther west, a storm was moving eastward over the Four
Corners with some "real" snow over the high ground. Showers were also
affecting part of the deserts in Arizona. Along the West Coast, a
storm was producing rain along the coast and in low-elevations over
the interior with snow over the high ground in Washington and
northern Oregon. California was between storms with a few breaks of
sunshine.
SPECIAL WEATHER
The Valentine's Day Storm of 2007...
A tremendous snowfall occurred in the mid-Atlantic and New England on Feb. 14, 2007. The storm delivered 42 inches of snow to Fairfield
and Stratford, N.Y., with three feet of snow falling on Cambridge,
Vt., and Goshen, Maine. Over a foot of snow fell on a large portion
of Pennsylvania with half of a foot of snow falling on part of
northern New Jersey and central Maryland. The storm caused multiple
roofs to fail in the Northeast. Interstate 81 and part of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike was closed for a time. The storm also brought a
significant amount of ice to part of the Ohio Valley and southern
mid-Atlantic. A solid sheet of ice contributed to major travel
disruptions around New York City.
WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS BY ACCU WEATHER
Great Lakes Ice...
The extent of Great Lakes ice is near a 30-year low with average ice cover less than 10 percent thus far this winter. As of the first
week of February, ice cover was just over five percent coverage and
was only a little above the winter of 2005-2006 for the same period.
Records date back to the winter of 1980-1981. The average extent of
the ice for the first week of February is around 30 percent coverage.
Typically, Great Lakes ice cover peaks around 40 percent covered
during the middle of March. Indications are the ice coverage is
already decreasing this season.
Air Temperature Departures from Normal (Degrees F) since December 1,
2011...
Watertown, N.Y.: +6.2 Toledo, Ohio: +4.9
Kalamazoo, Mich.: +4.9 Ironwood, Mich.: +8.2
Rochester, N.Y.: +5.4 Detroit, Mich.: +5.2
Gary, Ind.: +8.3 Duluth, Minn.: +7.7
Buffalo, N.Y.: +5.4 Saginaw, Mich.: +6.0
Chicago, Ill.: +6.7 Thunder Bay, Ont.: +8.8
Erie, Pa.: +5.0 Sault Ste Marie, Mich.: +5.8
Green Bay, Wis.: +7.4 Toronto, Ont.: +6.7
Cleveland, Ohio: +4.4 Traverse City, Mich.: +6.2
Marquette, Mich.: +5.8 London, Ont.: +6.9
Recent Snowfall (Inches) as of Tuesday Evening...
Cortez, Colo. 3.1
Bowdoin, Mont. 3.0
Malta, Mont. 3.0
Port Columbus, Ohio 1.5
Urbana, Ohio 1.5
Mount Laguna, Calif. 4.0
Pine Cove, Calif. 2.0
Campo, Calif. 4.0
(Near) Crestline, Calif. 6.0
Rincon, Calif. 3.0
Desoto, Wis. 1.8
Riceville, Iowa 1.0
Mankato, Minn. 1.0
Winnebago, Minn. 2.0
Albert Lea, Minn. 2.5
Worthington, Ohio 1.4
Chesteron, Ind. 1.0
Columbus, Ohio 1.5
Bellefontaine, Ohio 1.3
Urbana, Ill. 1.9
Essex, Mont. 4.0
Monarch Pass, Colo. 2.0
Wolf Creek Pass, Colo. 11.0
Mount Charleston, Nev. 9.0
DAILY EXTREMES
National High Today (through 3 p.m.) 80 at Harlingen, Texas
National Low Today (through 3 p.m.) -20 at Houlton, Maine
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