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Weekly Weather & Crop Bulletin U. S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Environmental Data Service U. S. Department of Agriculture Statistical Reporting Service

NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY

HIGHLIGHTS: The West averaged warmer than normal; the East colder than normal. Heavy snow fell in the Cascades and generous rains fell in the Great Smokies.

PRECIPITATION: Fair weather prevailed over most of the Nation early last week, Precipitation was mostly light and scattered. Rain and strong winds occurred along the Washington and Oregon coast early in the week moving inland to Montana by mid-week. Snow flurries were seen from the northern Great Plains to the Appalachians. Gary, Indiana found on Tuesday morning that 7 to 8 inches of snow had fallen during the night. Elsewhere, from the Great Lakes to New York, light snow had also fallen.

A frontal system moved into the Pacific Northwest causing rain along the coast with snow in the Cascades, Seventy-five inches of snow fell at Stampede Pass, Washington in 3 days, Friday to Sunday. This heavy snow set a new record for a 3-day storm at that station. Thunderstorms in the Deep South late Friday and early Saturday left totals of around 1.00 inch and snow squalls dumped several inches of snow in spots in New York, 12 inches at Boonville in 12 hours, accompanied by winds gusting to 50 mph.

The weather map Sunday at midnight showed rain and drizzle along the Washington and Oregon coast, scattered snow from the northern Great Plains to New England, light rain in Georgia and South Carolina, and widespread fog from the Great Lakes to the northern portions of the Gulf States. Mostly fair weather prevailed elsewhere.