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Dangerous Heat Continues in the Central and Southern U.S.; Severe Weather and Heavy Rain in the Northern Plains

Dangerous, prolonged heat is expected across portions of the Central and Southeast U.S. through July. Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected over parts of the northern Plains into the upper Mississippi Valley today, with damaging winds and large hail as the primary threats. Heavy rainfall could lead to areas of flooding across the northern Plains, Upper Midwest, Southeast and Southwest. Read More >

It was a clear and cold morning on December 8th, 2006. Temperatures were largely hovering around the 10 degree mark in many areas at daybreak, with wind chills between zero and 10 above.

Below is an objective analysis of low temperatures that morning. Since this is a smoothed analysis, the numbers depicted may not match up exactly with low temperatures at official recording stations, but they will be close.



The cold, but dry air, led to some interesting frost formations on many car windows. Here are some pictures from one of our office vehicles. Some more information about frost can be found at this website.