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 Mon, Mar 2 1992 Date: Mon, 2 Mar 92 05:57:42 EST Message-ID: 03-02 0000 DECISIONLINE: Weather USA TODAY Update March 2, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network STORM MOVES ACROSS WEST: A storm system is expected to bring severe thunderstorms and soaking rains into the western regions of the USA Monday. The system hit Texas by Tuesday, dumping up to up to 3 inches of rain. To the north of the system, conditions will be cloudy with patches of precipitation in the Northwest. SOUTHEAST, PLAINS TO BE GREAT: The Great Plains and Southeast will enjoy gorgeous weather, with temperatures well above normal and clear skies. Record warmth will hit the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. In the New England and northern Great Lakes, conditions will be a little more wintry, as temperatures hover near freezing. REGIONAL FORECAST: PACIFIC COAST: Thunderstorms for Calif., 1-2 foot snows over Sierra Nevada. Mild much of Ore., Wash., then a rainy night. ROCKIES: Mountain snows Wyo., Colo., Mont., Ariz. mountains. Thunderstorms, may be severe, Ariz., southwest N.M. SOUTH CENTRAL: Sunny, still warm most of area. Coastal fog Texas, La. Afternoon thunderstorms western Texas. NORTH CENTRAL: Clouds S.D., Neb., Iowa. Record warmth Iowa, Neb. Cloudy N.D., Minn. Freezing rain northeast Minn. MIDWEST: Record warmth across Ohio Valley. Sleet and snow north portion in Mich. Drizzle northern Ohio night. SOUTHEAST: Spectacular weather entire region. Sunny and dry. Clear, comfortably cool during the night. NORTHEAST: Snow flurries at night in New England. Flurries interior N.Y. Clouds Pa., chilly ocean breeze N.J., Del. WORLD TEMPERATURES MONDAY: Temperature forecasts for cities around the world; high, low: Athens: 61, 44. Beijing: 52, 32. Buenos Aires: 83, 66. Frankfurt: 54, 38. Hong Kong: 66, 59. London: 54, 39. Manila: 91, 73. Mexico City: 58, 48. Moscow: 34, 27. New Delhi: 82, 56. Paris: 55, 41. Rome: 57, 42. Stockholm: 37, 27. Sydney: 77, 65. Tokyo: 61, 51. Toronto: 35, 25. Zurich: 53, 35. ACROSS THE NATION: ATLANTA: Clear skies; 77, 52. Tuesday: Night showers, 81, 57. BOSTON: Sunny start; 34, 28. Tuesday: Milder; 41, 25. BUFFALO: Cloudy; 36, 29. Tuesday: Cloudy; 42, 30. CHICAGO: Breeze, few clouds; 55, 38. Tuesday: Rain; 48, 39. CLEVELAND: Clouds; 53, 36. Tuesday: Little sun; 51, 39. COLUMBUS: Mostly sunny, breezy; 67, 44. Tuesday: Cloudy; 62, 45. DALLAS-FT.W.: Warm sun; 78, 62. Tuesday: Boomers; 71, 59. DENVER: Cloudy, windy; 63, 41. Tuesday: Wind, rain; 52, 33. DETROIT: Clouds, breeze; 46, 33. Tuesday: Some rain later; 43, 34. HONOLULU: Partly cloudy; 83, 64. Tuesday: Partly cloudy; 82, 65. HOUSTON: Boomers arriving; 78, 65. Tuesday: Heavy showers; 74, 63. INDIANAPOLIS: Clouds; 69, 47. Tuesday: Rain later; 59, 46. KANSAS CITY: Showers night; 74, 51. Tuesday: Showers; 57, 41. LOS ANGELES: Heavy rains; 62, 54. Tuesday: Clouds break; 69, 54. MIAMI: Sunny skies; 78, 61. Tuesday: Breeze, sunny; 79, 66. MPLS.-ST.P.: Clouds; 51, 31. Tuesday: May sleet late; 44, 32. NASHVILLE: Warm, sun; 75, 51. Tuesday: Night rains; 74, 56. NEW ORLEANS: Thick fog, then sun; 76, 58. Tuesday: Clouds; 77, 65. NEW YORK: Wind, clouds late; 39, 34. Tuesday: Clearing; 44, 33. ORLANDO: Sunny; 81, 52. Tuesday: Sunny; 85, 60. PHILADELPHIA: Spotty sun; 52, 39. Tuesday: Sun, cloud mix; 54, 37. PHOENIX: Rain threat; 66, 54. Tuesday: Rain ends; 69, 52. PITTSBURGH: Some sun; 56, 42. Tuesday: Sunny, night clouds; 59, 40. ST. LOUIS: Sunny; 73, 50. Tuesday: Clouds, rainy night; 64, 49. SALT LAKE CITY: Shower threat; 62, 42. Tuesday: Showers; 56, 38. SAN DIEGO: Heavy rains; 64, 55. Tuesday: Partly cloudy; 68, 51. SAN FRAN.: Rain tapers; 59, 49. Tuesday: Some sun, fog; 62, 48. SEATTLE: Partial sun; 57, 45. Tuesday: Showers at night; 58, 40. TAMPA-ST.P.: Warm sun, dry; 79, 56. Tuesday: Mostly sunny; 84, 61. WASH., D.C.: Mostly sunny; 58, 42. Tuesday: Sunny; 63, 40. SUNDAY'S EXTREMES - Low: -21 at Caribou, Maine. High: 84 at Honolulu; Kahului, Hawaii 24-HOUR TELEPHONE INFORMATION: USA TODAY Weather Hot Line. 95 cents a minute. 1-900-555-5555. Weather Editor: Christopher Goldthwaite. (1-919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution violates federal law. 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