Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.weather From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: weather Wed, Feb 26 1992 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 92 06:30:01 EST Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: Weather USA TODAY Update Feb. 26, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network WINTER TAKES PLAINS BREAK: Winter weather takes the back burner to soaring record high temperatures across the northern Plains Wednesday. Rain will dampen New Mexico and west Texas. The lower Midwest region through the Southeast will see gradual clearing, while wet weather dampens Virginia northward to coastal New England. REGIONAL FORECAST: PACIFIC COAST: Fair, warm all areas. Patchy morning clouds, fog parts of eastern Wash., Ore., burning off midday. ROCKIES: Isolated mountain snow showers Colo., southern Wyo., risk shower southern N.M. otherwise mild. SOUTH CENTRAL: Early clouds then sun eastern Ark., northeast La. Partly cloudy far west Texas, otherwise milder. NORTH CENTRAL: Mostly cloudy, cool Minn. Partly cloudy, milder elsewhere, warmest western parts S.D. and Neb. MIDWEST: Variably cloudy Mich., Wis., most clouds north. Becoming partly cloudy elsewhere, readings near normal. SOUTHEAST: Lingering light rain ending southern Appalachians and foothills, morning rain Va., thunder coastal N.C. NORTHEAST: Spotty sun western Pa., W.Va. Cloudy elsewhere, rain coastal plains ending late, showers farther west. WORLD TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY: Temperature forecasts for cities around the world; high, low: Athens: 51, 39. Beijing: 48, 32. Buenos Aires: 83, 69. Frankfurt: 48, 39. Hong Kong: 72, 64. London: 55, 45. Manila: 89, 74. Mexico City: 75, 46. Moscow: 29, 19. New Delhi: 76, 51. Paris: 49, 37. Rome: 59, 45. Stockholm: 39, 33. Sydney: 68, 58. Tokyo: 45, 30. Toronto: 34, 25. Zurich: 47, 35. ACROSS THE NATION: ATLANTA: Clouds linger; 56, 36. Thursday: Sunshine; 58, 35. BOSTON: Wet; 45, 30. Thursday: Mixed clouds and sun; 43, 28. BUFFALO: Rain; 41, 26. Thursday: Snow flurries; 36, 24. CHICAGO: Blend of clouds and sun; 42, 30. Thursday: Sunny; 41, 28. CLEVELAND: Some sun; 42, 26. Thursday: Variably cloudy; 37, 27. COLUMBUS, OHIO: Clearing; 45, 28. Thursday: Sun, clouds; 42, 28. DALLAS-FT.W.: Sunny; 58, 38. Thursday: Mostly sunny; 68, 44. DENVER: Sunny intervals; 57, 31. Thursday: Sunshine; 63, 30. DETROIT: Sun at times; 39, 24. Thursday: Clouds, sun; 36, 26. HONOLULU: Partly cloudy; 82, 66. Thursday: Partly cloudy; 82, 67. HOUSTON: Lots of sun; 61, 41. Thursday: Sunny, dry; 68, 45. INDIANAPOLIS: Sun peeks out; 44, 27. Thursday: partial sun; 41, 28. KANSAS CITY: Mostly sunny; 52, 34. Thursday: Sunshine; 55, 36. LOS ANGELES: Sunny; 85, 55. Thursday: Sunny, breezy; 84, 54. MIAMI: Splashes of sun; 85, 72. Thursday: More sun; 74, 65. MPLS.-ST.P.: Gray skies; 38, 28. Thursday: Spotty sun; 42, 30. NASHVILLE: Gloomy start; 51, 32. Thursday: Mostly sunny; 56, 32. NEW ORLEANS: Partly sunny; 59, 40. Thursday: Lots of sun; 63, 42. NEW YORK: Showers, drizzle; 48, 34. Thursday: Partly sunny; 45, 33. ORLANDO: Partly cloudy; 78, 52. Thursday: Sunny; 69, 48. PHILADELPHIA: Rainy; 51, 33. Thursday: Partly sunny; 47, 33. PHOENIX: Mainly sunny; 74, 53. Thursday: Sun; 75, 51. PITTSBURGH: Damp start; 44, 28. Thursday: Clouds; 40, 27. ST. LOUIS: Some sun; 48, 33. Thursday: Sunny and clouds; 51, 35. SALT LAKE CITY: Sparkling sun; 48, 28. Thursday: Sunny; 51, 30. SAN DIEGO: Sunshine; 81, 50. Thursday: Golden sunshine; 77, 52. SAN FRAN.: Sunny; 73, 50. Thursday: Sunny skies; 73, 51. SEATTLE: Sun develops; 63, 42. Thursday: Sunshine rules; 63, 44. TAMPA-ST.P.: A little sun; 76, 54. Thursday: Sunny; 68, 51. WASH., D.C.: Rain then drizzle; 53, 36. Thursday: Sun; 52, 35. TUESDAY'S EXTREMES: Low: -11 degrees at Houlton, Me. High: 89 at Long Beach, Monrovia and Thermal, Calif. 24-HOUR TELEPHONE INFORMATION: USA TODAY Weather Hot Line. 95 cents a minute. 1-900-555-5555. Weather Editor: William Snoddy. (1-919-855-3491); Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1991) for further distribution violates federal law. 08:0002260000B0800 BONU- R R Job-seekers-support-one-another....... A B0800 This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM