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Updated: 11:30 PM GMT on March 20, 2010

Weather Summary

Weather Underground midday recap for Saturday, March 20, 2010. There was only one significant weather system that affected the country, but it brought precipitation to a large swath of the country.

The storm initially stretched from the Southern Plains through the Upper Midwest and moved eastward as the day progressed. By late afternoon, it was positioned from eastern Texas through the Upper Midwest. The storm had enough moisture to produce a large area of snow in the eastern Plains and heavy rain in eastern Texas and along the central Gulf Coast.

Winter Storm Warnings were posted in the Southern and Central Plains, while strong winds initiated Wind Advisories in southern Texas.

A high pressure system over the eastern third of the country kept that region dry, while an expansive high in the western half of the country did likewise west of the Rockies and into the Northern Plains.

The Northeast rose into the 50s and 60s, while the Southeast saw temperatures in the 70s and 80s. The Northern Plains rose into the 30s, while the Northwest saw temperatures in the 40s, 50s, and 60s.

Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Saturday have ranged from a morning low of -13 degrees at Kremmling, Colo. to a midday high of 82 degrees at Chesapeake, Va.