The Nation's Weather 02.08.09

By WEATHER UNDERGROUND

A storm was moving through Southern California and the Southwest on its way into the Plains Saturday, producing rain and high elevation snow along its path.

Various Winter Storm Warnings were in effect from the hills of Southern California through New Mexico and Colorado in anticipation of some much needed snowfall.

A second Pacific storm system was to approach the West Coast in the afternoon. The storm was forecast to bring additional rain and high elevation snow initially in the Northwest and Northern California, and eventually through the entire Golden State. The storm was to be fast-moving, but was still predicted to hang around long enough to produce significant snow in the Sierra Nevadas. Cold air was to lower snow levels for many areas.

Meanwhile, isolated precipitation was expected in the Ohio Valley and southern New England.

The Southeast was to be dry.

Temperatures were to be in the 30s and 40s in the Northeast; 60s and 70s in the Southeast; 70s and 80s in the Southern Plains will rise into the 70s and 80s; 30s and 40s in the Northern Plains; and 30s and 40s in the Northwest.

Temperatures in the Lower 48 states on Saturday ranged from a low of minus 14 degrees at Berlin, N.H., to a high of 84 degrees at Laredo, Texas.