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Expect showers and thunderstorms to spread across the middle of the country as a cold front moves eastward through the Plains and into the East. A low pressure system spinning in Canada creates a cold front that extends southward into Plains. The system has brought scattered showers and thunderstorms to the Northern Rockies and Northern Plains, but the front will continue sliding eastward over the Northern and Central Plains, reaching into the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes by evening. The tail end of this front will stretch southward into the Lower Mississippi River Valley and eastern Texas. Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will feed in ahead of this system, allowing for showers and thunderstorms to develop. This system has a history of producing strong winds with gusts up to 70 mph and periods of heavy rainfall. There is a chance of severe weather development from the Lower Ohio River Valley through the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Rainfall totals will range from 0.5 to 1.5 inches along this front, with over 2 inches likely in areas of severe weather development. In the North, moisture will wrap around the northern side of this system, allowing for rain showers to persist for North and South Dakota, after the front passes. Precipitation will remain as rain in these areas, as temperatures remain well above freezing. High wind advisories will remain in effect for the North as this winds up to 30 mph will persist.
TUESDAY'S WEATHER EXTREMES:
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)......98 Palm Springs, Calif.
HIGHEST HEAT INDEX (DEGREES F)........................97 Atwater, Calif.
LOWEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)......19 Mt. Washington, N.H.
LOWEST WIND CHILL (DEGREES F).................-20 Cold Bay, Alaska
HIGHEST WIND GUST (MPH)..........................74 Mt. Washington, N.H.
HIGHEST PRECIPITATION (INCHES)..........................1.52 Beach, N.D.

ON THIS DATE....... Small Hurricane King made landfall in Miami, FL on this date in 1950 with sustained winds of over 120 mph and gusts up to 150 mph. Forecasters initially though the hurricane's intensity had been overestimated, but the storm was so small that it missed key observation points throughout the Florida Straits.

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