ONLINE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Thursday, 8 April 1999


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UPPER AIR -- The mid-tropospheric wind pattern as indicated by the 500 mb constant pressure chart for 00Z Thursday ...

YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE EXTREMES ACROSS THE LOWER 48 -- The lowest temperature on Wednesday was XX degrees at XXX. Wednesday's high was XX degrees at XXX.

ALASKAN WEATHER -- ....

The lowest overnight temperature in Alaska as of Wednesday was XX degrees at XXX. The highest statewide temperature as of midafternoon was XX degrees at XXX.

HAWAIIAN WEATHER -- ....

THE POLAR FRONT JET -- Decades of radiosonde data and more recent computer models of atmospheric flows have confirmed that the strength and location of what has become known as the Polar Front jet stream in upper level motions are linked to the formation, movement, and evolution of the Highs and Lows of the surface weather maps. For more detail on some of these relationships, see the optional Thursday Supplemental Information .


HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 8 April

From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO and Intellicast


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Prepared by Edward J. Hopkins, Ph.D., email hopkins@meteor.wisc.edu
© Copyright, 1999, The American Meteorological Society.