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Weather Underground midday recap for Wednesday, January 07, 2009.

Weather systems across the Northwest and along the East Coast produced the most significant weather activity today.

Beginning in the West, a dynamic storm system swept across the Northwest this morning. The system produced strong winds with moderate to heavy rain showers along the Pacific Northwest Coast and across the areas of the Intermountain West and the Northern Rockies. The heaviest amounts of precipitation were recorded across the Cascade, Blue, and Northern Rocky Mountain Ranges. Areas of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana were placed under Flood Warnings and Watches due to heavy amounts of precipitation and snowmelt.

In the East, a complex storm system produced a mix wintry mix of precipitation throughout the Northeast today. Deepening low pressure systems located over Lake Ontario and Massachusetts generated strong, gusty winds and a mixture of rain, freezing rain, snow and ice across the New England States. Average snow accumulations across the Northeast have been less than 2 inches. The Northeast was placed under Winter Storm, Ice Storm, and Lake Effect Snow Warnings.

Meanwhile, mixed precipitation and strong winds were also report along the Mid-Atlantic Coast and across areas of Florida. Thus far, there have been 16 reports of high winds across North Carolina and Virgina today. Strong northwest winds caused damages to trees, cars, homes, commercial buildings, and power lines. The Mid-Atlantic and Southeast were placed under a Wind Advisory until this evening.

Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Wednesday have ranged from a morning low of -7 degrees at Hallock, Minn to a midday high of 86 degrees at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.