In The Clear...

It seems we are in the clear as far as icy weather goes. I set my alarm clock to wake up at 4 AM to find a rain softly falling. The temperature is currently 34 at 4:48 AM. This is a very cold rain, though. Somehow, we just can't punch past that thermal barrier of 34 to 33 degrees. I am disappointed in not getting wintry weather, but am pretty glad the power didn't go out as can often happen in an ice storm. I can't live without my Internet.

 

Another big story is the rains in the West. Los Angeles is reporting flooding and they've had more rain in this storm than all of 2007. Isn't that just incredible?

 

Rainfall totals on Thursday in California include:

• Santa Barbara: 5.41"
• Morro Bay: 3.59"
• Oxnard: 3.55"
• Santa Maria: 3.16"
• Beverly Hills: 2.36"
• Downtown L.A.: 1.61"

Looking back at the East, the energy that will spark the icy mix across the Deep South by late Saturday will develop into a potent storm off the Eastern Seaboard. Bands of energy spiraling out from the core of the storm from late Sunday into Monday could pump snow and gusty winds into southeastern New England, including Boston, Mass., and Providence, R.I.

A look at the temperatures across the nation for the next few days will show another arctic blast on Tuesday for much of the Midwest with a moderating trend in the South...

City	Sat.	Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	City	Sat.	Sun.	Mon.	Tue.
Bismarck	34	37	19	2	Minneapolis	26	34	42	12
Chicago	30	40	46	33	Omaha	40	39	49	22
Detroit	30	34	40	38	Pittsburgh	34	37	44	47
Washington, D.C.	40	41	48	45	Philadelphia	36	40	44	44
New York City	35	38	42	44	Boston	36	33	35	44
Raleigh	48	52	55	61	Atlanta	50	58	56	60