The Nation's Weather 12.28.08

By WEATHER UNDERGROUND

Snow was to fall in the Great Lakes on Sunday as a storm tracked into eastern Canada. An associated cold front was to move through the Southeast and over the Appalachians before moving into the Atlantic Ocean, bringing significant rain to the region. Precipitation was also expected in New England.

In the Northwest another major Pacific storm system was to crash into the West Coast. Very moist flow off the Pacific Ocean was to instigate widespread rain and high elevation snow from the Cascades through the Intermountain West. But only parts of Northern California were to experience any significant precipitation. Flooding was to remain a concern for the western slopes of the Cascades.

The middle part of the country was to remain dry and cool.

Temperatures were to rise into the 50s and 60s in the Northeast; 60s and 70s in the Southeast; 20s and 30s in the Upper Midwest; 50s and 60s in the Southern Plains; and 30s and 40s in the Northwest.

Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Saturday ranged from a low of minus 19 degrees at Driggs, Idaho, to a high of 88 degrees at Alice, Texas.