r,- I 146 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW Vol. 92, No 3 WEEK

• Main Author: Ending Decem
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: le northern Rockies to "le eas; Arctic; Northern Rockies; Beaufort Sea; ren
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.395.3498; http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/092/mwr-092-03-0146.pdf

300 ft. higher than normal in tlie Great Basin. The Low This week was dominated by the nios t severe cold wal-es formerly over Labrndor migrated northward and split of the month. Rlocking decreased in the Icelandic area into two cells. (figs. 10A and lo~) and aPp"ren reappeared Appreciable warming occurred this week in most weas Beaufort Sea. Here the height anomaly associated with (fig. 11C). However, the eastern half of the N>ition tlie High at 700 mb. was 920 ft. greater than normnl. rainained cold with temperutures 6 '-9 ' F. below norind in the Gulf States. 'rhe lowest temperature W:LS Deepening of the trough in eastern North America rein--17" forced the northwesterly flow that transported three F. at Memphis, Tenn. Temperatures in the West in-Arctic air masses into the country east of the Dividc. creased, excluding the Stin Joaquin Valley and portions of Temperatures for the week were lower than normal Utah and Idaho. Largest positive temperature titionialy