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 It has been a very
dry winter for many areas of the country, particularly in California, where most areas are far below their normal precipitation levels. While this new storm will not be a very wet system, it will bring precipitation to many areas of the state, from Eureka through San Diego. Rain will turn to snow in the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevadas, an area also in need of
winter precipitation.
Meanwhile, leftover showers and thunderstorms will diminish in south Florida as a rare February tropical disturbance continues to move out into the Atlantic Ocean.
A cold storm will progress through the Plains, but it will lack significant moisture that would make it a major storm. Instead, it will act to cool afternoon temperatures from the Dakotas to Oklahoma. A few snow showers are possible in the
central Plains to Illinois.
The Northeast will be cool but dry, as has been the case for much of the
winter.
The Northeast will rise into the 20s, 30s and some 40s, while the Southeast will see temperature sin the 60s, 70s and some 80s. The
northern Plains will rise into the 10s, 20s and 30s, while the Northwest will see temperatures in the 40s and 50s in the lower elevations.
Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Monday have ranged from a morning low of
minus 18 degrees at West Yellowstone, Mont., to a high of 85 degrees at Tampa MacDill AFB, Fla.
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