NATIONAL WEATHER

WEATHER EXTREMES SO FAR TODAY:<br/><br/> HIGHEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)...........110 Wolf Point, MT<br/> HIGHEST HEAT INDEX (DEGREES F)............110 Wolf Point, MT<br/> ..........................................110

Tuesday, July 24th 2007, 10:13 pm

By: News On 6

WEATHER EXTREMES SO FAR TODAY:

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)...........110 Wolf Point, MT
HIGHEST HEAT INDEX (DEGREES F)............110 Wolf Point, MT
..........................................110 Imperial, CA
LOWEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F).............44 Leadville, CO
LOWEST WIND CHILL (DEGREES F)..............41 Leadville, CO
HIGHEST WIND GUST (MPH)....................53 Indian Springs, NV
HIGHEST PRECIPITATION (INCHES)...........3.61 Del Rio, TX

NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY:

In the East, an upper-level trough spinning across the Ohio
Valley continued to generate periods of scattered showers and
thunderstorms across the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, as well as
across the Appalachians. The heavier activity with rain showers and
small hail has been concentrated across parts of West Virginia, as
well as southwestern Virginia and eastern Tennessee. Blackburg,
Virginia and Dublin, Virginia were both reporting moderate to
occasionally heavy rain. Rainfall amounts have generally been under
a quarter inch. Further south, scattered showers and thunderstorms
developed in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and migrate eastward into
Florida. Most of the heavier activity was offshore during the late
morning hours into the midday; however, during the afternoon hours
thunderstorms flared up again with small hail, brief heavy
downpours, and strong gusty winds. A tornado was even reported by
law enforcement outside Northport, Florida. Meanwhile, the
remainder of the Southeast featured generally fair and dry weather
through the morning with a few isolated showers popping up in the
afternoon hours. The East Coast has also featured fair and dry
weather. Finally, in New England, skies have been partly cloudy to
fair with dry weather reported this afternoon.
In the nation's midsection, a complex of showers and
thunderstorms that developed in North Dakota during the morning
hours has since weakened and pushed into Minnesota. Detroit Lakes,
Minnesota reported light rain with under a tenth of an inch in the
area. Rainfall amounts from this morning across North Dakota ranged
from a tenth to a quarter inch. To the south, a complex of showers
and embedded thunderstorms dropped southward across west-central
Texas. Junction, Texas reported moderate rain. Other scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms gradually dissipated across
southern Texas late this morning. A few light rain showers remain,
however. Common rainfall amounts in the area were between a tenth
and a half of an inch; however, amounts in the San Antonio area
have approached two inches in some spots. Otherwise, the remainder
of the region, including the western Great Lakes, Upper Midwest,
Central Plains, and much of the Mississippi River Valley featured
partly cloudy to fair skies and dry conditions.
In the West, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms
continued across parts of the Intermountain West through the day.
Radar indicated generally scattered light rain showers extending
from parts of western Montana down into Arizona and far
southwestern California. Grand Canyon and Kingman in Arizona
reported rain showers; although, most rainfall amounts have been
light. Even so, numerous reports of flash flooding have cropped up
in the Arizona region with Page, Carefree, and Peach Springs;
Arizona all reporting flash floods due to afternoon showers. Along
with quick downpours, numerous reports of high winds have also been
reported from dying thunderstorms with places such as Sierra Vista,
Arizona reporting a fifty two mile-per-hour wind gust and an
unofficial seventy mile-per-hour wind gust reported in Florence,
Arizona. Meanwhile, areas from eastern Montana southward into
Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico have all been generally fair and
dry. The Pacific Northwest has also featured dry weather under
partly sunny skies late this morning.

FRONTS ACROSS THE NATION

A cold front stretches across Montana, western Wyoming, extreme
southeastern Idaho, and northern Utah.
A stationary front lies over northeast Washington.

NATIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

In the East, showers and thunderstorms will impact parts of the
eastern Ohio Valley, the central Appalachians, and the Tennessee
Valley tonight, as a stationary area of low pressure spins across
this region. Elsewhere, popcorn showers and thunderstorms in the
Deep South will begin to dissipate late this evening, though
Florida will remain under stormy skies for most of tonight.
Elsewhere, dry and pleasant conditions are expected in the
Northeast. Lows tonight will drop into the upper 50s and 60s over a
very large part of the East tonight. Upper 60s and 70s are
predicted over the Southeast and Florida.
In the central states, mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers
are expected over the central Plains states, east into the Midwest.
Meanwhile, showers and thunderstorms are expected in the Rio Grande
Valley of southern and western Texas. Dry conditions are otherwise
expected over most of the southern Plains and the lower Mississippi
Valley. Lows will drop into the 60s to lower 70s over the central
and southern Plains, the Midwest, and the lower Mississippi Valley,
with upper 60s and 70s expected over the northern Plains and the
upper Midwest.
In the West, widespread showers and thunderstorms over the
Rockies, Intermountain West, and the Southwest, will congeal into
scattered shower and thunderstorm activity over this region as
tonight progresses. Other scattered showers will move across the
northern High Plains late tonight. Dry conditions are expected over
the Pacific Coast and the Northwest. Lows in the upper 40s and 50s
are expected over the Northwest and the Pacific Coast, with upper
50s and 60s reported over the Intermountain West and the Rockies.
60s and lower 70s are forecast over the High Plains and the Great
Basin, while 70s and 80s are predicted over the Desert Southwest
and interior California.