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 TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Saturday  November 13, 2004.
 This is the 318th day of the year, there are 48 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1933 The first dust storm of the great dust bowl era of the
            1930s occurred.  The dust storm, which had spread from
            Montana to the Ohio Valley the day before, prevailed from
            Georgia to Maine resulting in a black rain over New York
            and a brown snow in Vermont.  Parts of South Dakota,
            Minnesota and Iowa reported zero visibility on the 12th.
            On the 13th, dust reduced the visibility to half a mile
            in Tennessee.
    In 1946 General Electric scientists produced snow in the
            Massachusetts Berkshires in the first modern day cloud
            seeding experiment.
    In 1953 Strong southeasterly winds associated with a Pacific cold
            front reached 70 mph at Sacramento CA to equal their all-
            time record.  The previous record had been established in
            a similar weather pattern on December 12th of the
            previous year.
    In 1981 A powerful cyclone brought high winds to Oregon and
            Washington.  The cyclone, which formed about 1000 miles
            west of San Francisco, intensified rapidly as it
            approached the Oregon coast with the central pressure
            reaching 28.22 inches (956 millibars).  A wind trace from
            the Whiskey Run Turbine Site, about 12 miles south of
            Coos Bay in Oregon, showed peak gusts to 97 mph fifty
            feet above ground level.  The wind caused widespread
            damage in Washington and Oregon, with 12 deaths reported.
            As much as four feet of snow fell in the Sierra Nevada
            Range of northern California.
    In 1987 A storm moving off the Pacific Ocean produced rain and
            gale force winds along the northern and central Pacific
            coast, and heavy snow in the Cascade Mountains.  Cold
            weather prevailed in the southeastern U.S.  Five cities
            reported record low temperatures for the date, including
            Asheville NC with a reading of 21 degrees.
    In 1988 Low pressure brought rain and snow and gusty winds to the
            northeastern U.S.  A thunderstorm drenched Agawam MA with
            1.25 inches of rain in fifteen minutes.  Winds gusted to
            58 mph at Nantucket MA.
    In 1989 Thirty-two cities in the central and eastern U.S.
            reported record high temperatures for the date as
            readings warmed into the 70s as far north as Michigan and
            Pennsylvania.  Afternoon highs in the 80s were reported
            from the Southern Plains to the southern Atlantic coast.
            Columbia SC reported a record high of 86 degrees, and the
            high of 71 degrees at Flint MI was their warmest of
            record for so late in the season.


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