The Nation's Weather 11.09.08

By WEATHER UNDERGROUND – 1 hour ago

Two storm systems were forecast to be active in the country Sunday.

A very large low pressure system spinning north of the Great Lakes was to pull very cold air southward from Canada and into the Northern Plains, Mississippi Valley, Great Lakes, and parts of the Northeast.

The system was also to produce scattered snow showers in the Great Lakes and diminishing rain through the Northeast. Lake effect snow showers were also very possible for the day's end in western New York downwind of the lakes.

The second storm was a strong Pacific system that was to slam into the West Coast and move inland throughout the day. Rain was to continue along the coast of Washington and Oregon, while precipitation also was to move inland through the Great Basin and toward the Rocky Mountains. Cool air was to accompany this storm system, causing high elevation snow to fall in many mountainous locations of the West.

Temperatures were to be in the 40s and 50s in the Northeast; 60s in the Southeast; 70s in the Southern Plains; 20s and 30s in the Northern Plains; and 40s and 50s in the Northwest.

Temperatures in the Lower 48 states ranged from 7 degrees at Minot, N.D., to 86 degrees at Chino, Calif.