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Big Story Weather – January 24, 2013

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RedOrbit.com - 1/24/13, Joshua Kelly

Big Story Weather from January 23: The snow finally came to an end through the Northeast overnight, however the next system is already moving into the Northern Plains. The second big story again was the cold Arctic air that still covers a good portion of the Northern Plains. There was also some rain showers along the West Coast with a warm front near the coast of California.

Weather Outlook for January 24: High pressure over the Great Lakes will bring a nice day to the region and this will extend southward and into the Northeast, while the next clipper system moves into the Northern Plains this afternoon bringing snow to the Dakotas and Minnesota. High pressure over the Rockies will make for another nice day out in the West. While the warm front slides a bit further south today into Southern California bringing showers to the region. Below is the weather for a few select cities.

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Peta plays havoc with weather

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The West - 1/24/12, Alex Massey and Phoebe Wearne

Large hail, damaging winds and heavy rainfall are predicted for a huge stretch of central WA this afternoon as ex-tropical cyclone Peta plays havoc with WA's weather.

The Bureau of Meteorology issued a storm warning about 12.25pm advising people in the Pilbara, Gascoyne, Goldfields, North Interior and South Interior, in an area bound by Laverton, Wiluna, Mt Augustus, Parburdoo, Telfer, Balgo Hills and Warburton, to brace for severe thunderstorms developing this afternoon.

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Bitter cold and snow in the Northeast, Midwest

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Wunderground.com - 1/23/13, Christopher C. Burt/Angela

Absolutely bitter cold is gripping the Northeast and Midwest this week, the likes of which they haven't seen in at least 4 years. High temperatures are running 15 to 30 below normal from New England to the Northern Plains.

A few recent winter weather extremes:

Fulton, NY: 3-day total of 38.0 inches
Phoenix, NY: 3-day total of 36.5 inches
Lacona, NY: 3-day total of 24.8 inches

 

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Snow continues to grip parts of UK

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BBC News - 1/23/13

Van lays in the snow after coming off the Pickering to Whitby road near Lockton, North Yorkshire
Freezing temperatures are expected to continue until the end of the week
 

Snow continues to grip parts of the UK with roads in parts of south Wales and south-west England affected.

In Pembrokeshire, a school bus taking 40 pupils home slid off the road but no-one was hurt. The head teacher said conditions were "probably the worst" he had seen in 25 years.

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Unusual Cold in China and Northeast Asia

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Source: NASA - 1/24/13

Unusual Cold in China and Northeast Asia

Acquired January 1 - 8, 2013
 
Color bar for Unusual Cold in China and Northeast Asia


Between late November 2012 and early January 2013, China recorded its lowest temperatures in 28 years. In northeastern China, air temperatures dipped to -15.3°Celsius (4.5°Fahrenheit), according to the state news agency Xinhua. Frigid temperatures and blizzards stranded air and rail passengers, killed roughly 180,000 cattle, and forced authorities to open hundreds of shelters.

Toxic Fog Creates Health Emergency in Salt Lake City

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Weather.com - 1/24/13, AP

The haze hangs over Salt Lake City, Utah. Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Michelle Francis keeps one eye on Utah's air quality index and the other on her 9-year-old daughter's chronic asthma these days. The air pollution is so awful in her Salt Lake City suburb that Francis keeps her daughter indoors on many days to prevent her cough from being aggravated.

"When you add all the gunk in the air, it's too much," Francis said.

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Arctic Blast Won't Let Go

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Weather.com - 1/23/13

A flock of geese huddles to stay warm on a slab of ice enveloped by steam on the Rock River in Watertown, Wis. as arctic air pushes through the Upper Midwest on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Watertown Daily Times, Samantha Christian)

An Arctic blast has gripped the Midwest and Northeast, with a perilous combination of bitterly cold air and gusty winds making it feel like winds 50 degrees below zero and enough snow and ice to cancel schools and make driving treacherous.

In Washington, D.C., it was 15 degrees at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday morning, the coldest it has been there in nearly four years, since March 3, 2009.

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U.S. Plains Drought Persists, But No Harm Seen From Cold Snap

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Huff Post - 1/22/13, Reuters, By Sam Nelson


* Drought worrisome for 2013 U.S. crops
* Plains wheat most affected
* Cold snap confined to areas away from wheat belt



CHICAGO, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Dry weather persists in the U.S. Plains and western Midwest leading to concern about the fate of the 2013 U.S. hard red winter wheat crop and seedings of the corn and soybean crops, an agricultural meteorologist said on Tuesday.

"The main issue in North America is the dryness in the southern Plains," said John Dee, a meteorologist for Global Weather Monitoring.
 

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