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Active weather tapers off for the Southeast, but chilly conditions persist for most of the East on Friday. A low pressure system and associated frontal boundary over the Southeast will finally advance eastward and move offshore of the East Coast. This will allow for rain, freezing rain, and snow showers to come to an end for the Southeast, Eastern Valleys, as well as the Southern and Central Appalachians. However, cold air from the north will continue to spread across the region, allowing for high temperatures to remain well below seasonable. Highs will only reach into the 30s for for the Washington D.C. and New York Metropolitan areas, while the Lower Mississippi Valley will continue to see a gradual warming trend with highs returning to near 50.
In the North, a trough of low pressure drops southward from western Canada and pushes a warm front through the Northern Tier states. This will kick up scattered snow showers from the Dakotas into the Great Lakes on Friday. Snowfall accumulation will be light with only 1 to 2 inches likely.
Meanwhile out West, a ridge of high pressure continues to dominate the Western U.S. This will keep the West Coast sunny and dry, with daytime highs gradually returning to the 60s and overnight lows remaining near freezing. Thus, frost and freeze advisories will remain in effect for the interior valleys.
THURSDAY'S WEATHER EXTREMES:
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)..............84 Melbourne, Fla.
HIGHEST HEAT INDEX (DEGREES F)...............84 Key West NAF, Fla.
LOWEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F).........-20 Crane Lake, Minn.
LOWEST WIND CHILL (DEGREES F)...................-65 Kuparuk, Alaska
HIGHEST WIND GUST (MPH)..........................94 Mt. Washington, N.H.
HIGHEST PRECIPITATION (INCHES).....................3.64 Jonesville, Va.
ON THIS DATE
On this date in 1980, dense fog caused a ship to hit the Alno Bridge in the town on Gotenberg, Sweden. A 500 foot span of the bridge collapsed, causing seven cars to fall into the water below. The eight people in the cars perished.

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