Thursday,  December 20, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 155 • 14 of 32 •  Other Editions

Major Winter Storm Tracking Through the Central United States

• A powerful system continues to bring significant, widespread impacts in the form of blizzard conditions, severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and fire weather conditions to the central United States. Meanwhile, another storm is beginning to impact the Pacific Northwest and northern California, where heavy mountain snow and coastal flash flooding are possible through at least Thursday.
• Today: Mostly sunny. Highs 15 to 20.

Yesterday's Weather
High:  20.0°F at 1:01 PM
Low: 7.6°F at 10:22 PM
High Gust: 14 mph  at 11:00 PM
Precip: 0.00

Record High: 60° in 1893
Record Low:  -29° in 1916
Average High: 24°F
Average Low: 4°F
Average Precip in Dec.:  0.31
Precip to date in Dec.: 0.41
Average Precip to date: 21.51
Precip Year to Date: 14.31
Sunset Tonight: 4:53 p.m.
Sunrise Tomorrow: 8:11 a.m.

Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
• Tonight: Mostly clear. Lows around 5 below. Light winds.
• Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s. South winds around 10 mph.
• Friday Night: Not as cold. Mostly clear. Lows 5 to 10 above. South winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
• Saturday: Partly sunny. Highs around 20. North winds around 10 mph.
• Saturday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows zero to 5 above.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy. Highs 10 to 15.
• Sunday Night And Monday: Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of light snow. Lows zero to 5 above. Highs 10 to 15.
• Monday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of light snow. Lows near zero.
• Christmas Day And Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Highs 5 to 10 above. Lows around 5 below.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny. Highs 5 to 10 above.

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