![]() ![]() Maximum temperature forecast for Friday, February 19, 2016 Unseasonably mild air will shift in to the central U.S, by the end of this week, bringing an early taste of spring with highs expected to reach the 60's as far north as Iowa and Illinois. The exceptionally warm, dry weather, brisk winds, and low humidity have combined to produce extreme fire danger over a portion of the southwest and Plains on Thursday.įire weather outlook for Thursday, February 18, 2016. Tuscon reached a record 91☏, and was the nation's highest temperature on Wednesday. Record high were set across New Mexico and Arizona Wednesday, with Phoenix reaching a record high of 90☏, the earliest 90☏ has occurred. Los Angeles set a record high of 90☏ on Tuesday (downtown) and other records were set across southern California. The last two days have brought unseasonable heat to the southwestern United States from southern California through Arizona and New Mexico. more than 14,000 people were without power after severe storms and tornadoes tore through the Gulf Coast states and the southeast on Tuesday. The warm air also resulted in ice breakup on some rivers and ice jams, in turn, brought the threat of flooding. The snow depth on Bangor, ME went from 11 inches on Tuesday morning to zero this morning. The warm air and strong winds decimated the snow cover. Maximum temperatures for 12 hour period ending 7:00 p.m. On the cold side of this system, heavy snow fell in Ontario, Canada, with a record 51.2 cm (20.2 inches) of snow on Tuesday, February 16. The warm reached far north into Maine with highs nearing records in the upper 40s. That brought down trees and power lines leaving thousands without power on Monday. Warm air surged in aloft but the cold air hugged close to the surface, eventually resulting in freezing rain across much of New England. ![]() Record lows for Sunday morning, February 14, 2016.Īs quickly as the cold came, it retreated back north, but no without creating a mess. ![]() producing record cold weather from Michigan south to Virginia and across the Northeast. Last weekend a surge of Arctic air spilled into the northeastern U.S. This past week we've seen snow and sleet in the southeast, snow and freezing rain in New England, and severe thunderstorms and tornadoes from the Gulf Coast through Florida. In the past three weeks we've seen blizzard warnings issued four times, in the northern Plains, the mid Atlantic coast, southern New England, and a second time in eastern New England. ![]()
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