Friday, February 17, 2012
 

Homeland Security Threat Level: YELLOW (ELEVATED)

Significant National Weather:

Â*West:
A Pacific storm will bring rain along the West Coast from Northern California to Washington. The Cascades could pick up as much as 4 inches of snow by tomorrow night.Â* A low pressure system over northwest Mexico will bring lower elevation rain and mountain snow to the southern Rockies. Rain and snow showers will fall over southeastern Arizona and across much of New Mexico where 2 to 12 inches of snowfall is possible for the higher elevations.
Midwest:
Under a ridge of high pressure, skies will be clear to partly cloudy around much of the region with temperatures some 5 to 15 degrees above average.Â* Precipitation will be limited to snow across the northern Great Lakes.
South:
A frontal system in the northern Gulf of Mexico will produce showers and thunderstorms across northern Texas and the Gulf Coast. Rainfall of up to 1 inch is possible with locally higher amounts. Thunderstorms in South Texas could become severe.Â* The precipitation will move northward into Oklahoma and the Central Plains this afternoon. High pressure will mean generally dry and mild conditions across the Southeast.
Northeast:
With high pressure ridging in behind yesterdayâs frontal system, the Mid-Atlantic will be generally dry and mild.Â* Eastern New England will have a few showers this morning. Snow will persist across northern New England with up to 3 inches of new snow possible in northern Maine.Â* Upstate New York will have lake effect snow off of Lake Ontario.
A low is forecast to develop tomorrow in the Lower Mississippi Valley and track eastward to the Mid-Atlantic by Sunday. The type and amount of precipitation will depend on the exact trajectory of the low. This system is currently forecast to produce 1to 4 inches of wet snow from the Appalachians to as far north as New York City.Â* Areas to the south and east will have rain.
Space Weather:

No space weather storms have occurred in the past 24 hours and none are predicted for the next 24 hours. Tropical Weather Outlook

No new activity (FEMA HQ)
Earthquake Activity

No new activity (FEMA HQ)
Disaster Declaration Activity

Oregon Request
The Governor of Oregon has requested a major disaster declaration due to serve storms, flooding, and landslides that occurred Jan. 17-21, 2012. The Governor is requesting five counties for Individual Assistance, twelve counties for Public Assistance, and Hazard Mitigation statewide.


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