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, Mar 18 1992 Date: Wed, 18 Mar 92 05:44:27 EST Message-ID: 03-18 0000 DECISIONLINE: Weather USA TODAY Update March 18, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network SUN SHINES IN FLORIDA: Beautiful weather is on tap for the Sunshine State and the Southwest Wednesday, while the Midwest and mid-Atlantic brace for a damp day. Showers and thunderstorms will blanket parts of the Southeast. Partly cloudy skies and cool conditions will be the rule across upper Michigan into the Northeast. Light snow will dust northern Iowa across southern Michigan into northern Ohio. SUNNY SKIES RETURN TO TEXAS: Cloudy skies and a few showers will dominate the northern Plains and northern Rockies. Dry weather is expected in the southern Plains. Texas and the Southwest will be sunny, while seasonable conditions will dominate southern California and southern Arizona. Much of Washington and Oregon will be sunny, but showers will douse the northeastern and northwestern corners of Washington state. REGIONAL FORECAST: PACIFIC COAST: Few showers northeast Wash., northeast mountains Ore. Mild rest of Wash. Seasonable Calif. ROCKIES: Showers Mont., Wyo., eastern Idaho, snow above 5,000 feet. Snow showers in Colo. mountains. SOUTH CENTRAL: Showers, thunderstorms La., Ark., southeast Mo. Rain rest of Mo. into Kan. Cloudy Okla., Texas. NORTH CENTRAL: Chilly N.D., Minn. Light snow S.D., northern Iowa. Rain or mixed snow rest of Iowa into Neb. MIDWEST: Spotty snow lower Mich., southern Wis., northern parts Ill. through Ohio. Chance of thunder southern Ky. SOUTHEAST: Showers spread through Tenn., Miss., Ala. into Ga., Carolinas, Va. Fair, mild Florida. NORTHEAST: Cold northern New England. Cloudy rest of New England, N.Y. Showers southern Pa., Md., Del., W.Va. WORLD TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY: Temperature forecasts for cities around the world; high, low: Athens: 51, 43. Beijing: 52, 35. Buenos Aires: 84, 61. Frankfurt: 48, 37. Hong Kong: 75, 62. London: 57, 46. Manila: 91, 72. Mexico City: 78, 49. Moscow: 32, 18. New Delhi: 86, 59. Paris: 55, 41. Rome: 64, 46. Stockholm: 41, 32. Sydney: 72, 59. Tokyo: 52, 37. Toronto: 34, 22. Zurich: 46, 28. ACROSS THE NATION: ATLANTA: T'storm tonight; 65, 54. Thursday: Showers; 68, 46. BOSTON: Partly cloudy; 38, 29. Thursday: Light snow:rain; 37, 32. BUFFALO: Cloudy; 37, 24. Thursday: Cloudy; 37, 29. CHICAGO: Light snow:rain; 38, 29. Thursday: More clouds; 39, 24. CLEVELAND: Cloudy, flurries; 37, 31. Thursday: Snow; 37, 26. COLUMBUS, OHIO: Light rain; 42, 36. Thursday: Rainy; 41, 27. DALLAS-FT.W.: Mostly cloudy; 71, 51. Thursday: Sun; 63, 41. DENVER: Wet snow or rain; 49, 26. Thursday: Early flurry; 49, 29. DETROIT: Few flurries; 39, 27. Thursday: Cloudy and chilly; 41, 24. HONOLULU: Showers; 83, 71. Thursday: Partly cloudy; 84, 38. HOUSTON: Showery; 78, 61. Thursday: Clearing skies; 76, 52. INDIANAPOLIS: Drizzle; 43, 34. Thursday: Rain ends as snow; 40, 25. KANSAS CITY: Overcast, rain; 47, 34. Thursday: Flurry, 43, 26. LOS ANGELES: Sun; 69, 53. Thursday: Sun, clouds late; 72, 55. MIAMI: Sunshine; 78, 68. Thursday: Sun mixes with clouds; 81, 70. MPLS.-ST.P.: Clouds; 34, 23. Thursday: Partly sunny; 36, 16. NASHVILLE: Showers; 65, 50. Thursday: Clouds, showers; 59, 36. NEW ORLEANS: Showers; 76, 65. Thursday: Thunder ending; 77, 52. NEW YORK: Clouds increase; 42, 31. Thursday: Light rain; 39, 33. ORLANDO: Sunny; 81, 59. Thursday: Partial sun; 82, 62. PHILADELPHIA: Shower late; 44, 34. Thursday: Rain; 42, 34. PHOENIX: Sunny; 71, 49. Thursday: Bright and sunny, 73, 50. PITTSBURGH: Light rain or snow; 41, 30. Thursday: Rain; 39, 26. ST. LOUIS: Rain; 48, 36. Thursday: Chilly, rain tapers off; 45, 30. SALT LAKE CITY: Clouds and sun; 53, 33. Thursday: Sun; 57, 32. SAN DIEGO: Sunny; 66, 53. Thursday: Sun prevails; 68, 56. SAN FRAN.: Sun; 65, 51. Thursday: Patchy clouds then sunny; 64, 54. SEATTLE: Sun; 56, 41. Thursday: Partly to mostly cloudy; 57, 45. TAMPA-ST.P.: Sun; 78, 59. Thursday: Risk shower; 79, 62. WASH., D.C.: Showers; 45, 38. Thursday: Rain ending; 44, 36. TUESDAY'S EXTREMES: Low: 2 at Houlton, Maine. High: 87 at McAllen, Texas. 24-HOUR TELEPHONE INFORMATION: USA TODAY Weather Hot Line. 95 cents a minute. 1-900-555-5555. Weather Editor: Mickey McLean. (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