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DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY
Wednesday, 16 January 2002
The electronic delivery of current weather narratives for the
Spring 2002 Online Weather Studies Course will begin on Monday,
21 January 2002. This Online Weather Summary contains the Historical
Weather Events for this date. Current weather data are available
on the homepage. If you are looking for an alternative description
of daily weather, you could try:
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Welcome to the attendees at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the
American Meteorological Society and the 11th Symposium on Education
in Orlando, FL.
From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City,
MO and Intellicast
- ...1831... The "great snowstorm" that raged from
Georgia to Maine came to an end. This storm produced the heaviest
snowfall over the largest area of any storm studied by weather
historian David Ludlum. Accumulations exceeded 10 inches from
the Ohio Valley across much of the Atlantic coast north of Georgia.
Washington, DC reported 13 inches with 18 inches at Baltimore,
MD, 18 to 36 inches near Philadelphia, PA, 15 to 20 inches at
New York City, and 20 to 30 inches over southern New England.
(David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
- ...1916...San Francisco, CA had the greatest storm. Extensive
wind damage occurred throughout central California. (Intellicast)
- ...1964...Fort Worth, TX received 7.5 inches of snow, and
Dallas reported a foot of snow. (David Ludlum)
- ...1982...The second severe arctic outbreak of the year hit
as a vast arctic anticyclone sprawled from British Columbia to
Louisiana. The zero line dropped into Texas with the temperature
at Amarillo falling from 55 degrees to 1 degree below zero and
Oklahoma City dropping from 62 degrees to 10 degrees. (Intellicast)
- ...1987...A winter storm produced a total of 61 inches of
snow at Rye, CO, and wind gusts to 100 mph in Utah. The storm
then spread heavy snow from the Texas Panhandle to Indiana. Tulia,
TX received 16 inches of snow, and up to 14 inches was reported
in western Oklahoma. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
- ...1988...A powerful Pacific storm battered the coast of southern
California. Winds gusting to 65 mph uprooted trees in the San
Diego area, while Los Angeles recorded a barometric pressure reading
of 29.25 inches of mercury -- the lowest in 100 years of official
record keeping. A foot of snow fell and wind gusted to 70 mph
in the Lake Tahoe Basin of Nevada. Showers and thunderstorms produced
2.28 inches of rain at Brownsville, TX, their third highest total
for any day in January. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
(Intellicast)
- ...1989...Strong chinook winds plagued much of the state of
Wyoming. Winds gusted to 80 mph at Cody, and wind gusts to 100
mph were reported in eastern and northwestern Wyoming. (National
Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
- ...1990...Heavy snow fell across the Prince William Sound
area and the Susitna Valley of southern Alaska. Valdez was buried
under 64.9 inches of snow in less than two days, including a record
47.5 inches in 24 hours. Up to 44 inches of snow was reported
in the Susitna Valley. The heavy snow blocked roads, closed schools,
and sank half a dozen vessels in the harbor. (Storm Data)
- ...1994...Bitterly cold air prevailed across the Great Lakes
and the Northeast. Alpena, MI dipped to 28 degrees below zero
to tie its record low for January. Rochester, NY plunged to 17
degrees below zero for a new record low temperature for January.
Boston, MA mean temperature for the day was only 2 degrees --
the city's coldest day in 26 years. Watertown, NY was the cold
spot in the nation, with a morning low of 43 degrees below zero.
(Intellicast)
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Prepared by Edward J. Hopkins, Ph.D., email hopkins@meteor.wisc.edu
© Copyright, 2002, The American Meteorological Society.