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Weather Underground midday recap for Friday, March 19, 2010. Another day of relatively mild and inactive weather occurred throughout the country on Friday. The main weather producer was a long cold front that moved through the middle of the country and stretched from the Southern Rockies through the Upper Midwest. This feature did not carry much moisture along with it, thus only a fairly narrow area of rain and snow pushed through the Central Rockies and Central Plains. This front represented the majority of the precipitation that fell in the country on Friday. Other than this, scattered diminishing snow showers fell in the Intermountain West, while some morning showers fell in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Meanwhile, a high pressure system stretched into the Southeast and kept dry and clear conditions dominant through the eastern third of the country.

In the West, a weak low pressure system dropped into the Great Basin, but dry conditions persisted throughout the West.

The Northeast rose into the 50s and 60s, while the Southeast saw temperatures in the 70s and 80s. The Northern Plains rose into the 20s and 30s, while the Northwest saw temperatures in the 40s and 50s.

Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Friday have ranged from a morning low of 7 degrees at Stanley, Idaho to a midday high of 82 degrees at Palm Springs, Calif.