Graphic display of a strong low

13 March 2014 1700Z

Below is surface analysis map from yesterday afternoon showing the strong low that swept through the Ohio Valley and thence eastward to the coast.  Note the tightly packed isobars west of the low signifying the strong winds. Cities north of the stationary front in “cold conveyor belt” experienced freezing rain, ice pellets, and snow.  Cities farther to the northwest of the center of the low experienced heavy snow (see the four ****).  Temperatures behind the cold front slapped the Ohio Valley with single-digit lows.  Brrr.

Today the Low is off the coast of Maine.

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