Associated Press
The latest
in a series of storms spread fresh snow across the upper Midwest
on Monday, closing schools and disrupting travel.
Up to 8 inches
of snow had fallen by midday at Rockwell, Iowa, and more than
4 inches had fallen on southern Minnesota.
An area of
low pressure area over the Midwest carried light to moderate snow
across parts of Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, northern
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.
Schools and
some businesses closed in parts of Nebraska. Snowplows were pulled
off the roads in northeastern Nebraska's Cuming County during
the morning because of hazardous driving conditions and snowdrifts.
Travel was
discouraged in Minnesota as blowing snow cut visibility to less
than half a mile and about three dozen school districts canceled
classes. Wisconsin also had scattered school closings.
A line of
mixed precipitation trailed southward from the storm system, spreading
scattered show showers and freezing rain into western sections
of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Farther south,
scattered rain showers extended across Arkansas, Mississippi,
and Louisiana and into eastern Texas.
Those showers
were expected to move eastward into Alabama, Georgia, and northwestern
Florida during the night.
Farther west,
isolated snow showers were scattered over parts of Wyoming, western
South Dakota, eastern Colorado, and western sections of Nebraska
and Kansas.
In the Northeast,
a few light snow showers were scattered from Pennsylvania across
upstate New York into northern New England.
Elsewhere,
fog formed in some western parts of Washington, and showers were
expected to move into the region from the Pacific.
Monday's temperatures
around the Lower 48 ranged from a morning low of 11 below zero
at Phillips, Wis., to midday readings of 77 at Oceanside, Calif.,
and Brownsville, Texas. The lowest wind chill was 58 below at
Jamestown, N.D.
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