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CLIFF HARRIS/RANDY MANN WEATHER AND TRADES (TUESDAY DECEMBER 18, 2007)

LOTS OF EXTREMES LAST WEEK

For the week of December 9 through 15, there were an incredible 293 weather records tied or broken. Most of the extremes were observed in the Southeast northeastward into the Ohio Valley as record heat plagued this region last week. There were 227 warm records, only 11 cold records, 30 precipitation extremes and 18 snowfall records either broken or tied.

Although the calendar says December, highs climbed into the 80s across eastern Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi and other states. On December 9th, Harlingen, Texas reported a record high of 88 degrees. Even normally cool Alexandria, Virginia soar to a record 83 degrees on December 10th. It was 82 degrees at Montgomery, Alabama on the 12th as well. Florence, South Carolina reported a record 80 degrees on December 11th. Beach-goers loved the extremes in Florida as Daytona Beach hit a record 84 degrees on December 15th.

There were only 10 record lows last week, but some readings were frigid. On December 15, Laramie, Wyoming plunged to -21 degrees. On that same day, Marquette, Michigan dropped to -10 degrees. On December 11th, Boundary Dam, Washington dipped to a record 1 degree. The Seattle Weather Service Office reported a record low of 27 degrees on the 9th.

As the frigid air to the north collided with the record warmth to the south, severe ice, rain and snow hit the Midwest eastward into New England last week. On December 10th, Oklahoma City received 1.79 inches of moisture which led to several inches of hazardous ice. Topeka, Kansas had 1.98 inches of moisture and ice on the 11th. On December 13th, Boston, MA received a whopping 10.1 inches of snow. Over 8 inches of the white stuff was seen in Springfield, Illinois on the 15th.

SOUTH AMERICAN 6-10 DAY OUTLOOK THROUGH DECEMBER 28TH

There will be two rather narrow bands of moisture between two areas of high pressure in the next 6-10 days across the main crop regions of the South American Continent.

The first wet region will stretch from northern Peru southeastward through Paraguay and extreme southeastern Brazil. The second wetter than normal band will be right along the eastern slopes of the Andes from Argentina northward into Bolivia. All other crop regions will be unfavorably dry and quite warm through the period.

AUSTRALIAN 6-10 DAY OUTLOOK THROUGH DECEMBER 28TH

Heavy downpours caused street flooding in Queensland this past weekend. Significant rains also were reported in neighboring New South Wales and Victoria. Lighter showers will continue on-and-off across portions of western Australia between now and the end of the month. The rest of the Australian Continent will remain dry and hot.

WEATHER CALMS A BIT DURING THIS "FIRST QUARTER" LUNAR PHASE

After seeing plenty of wild weather this past week across much of the U.S., especially east of the Rockies, conditions should be a bit "calmer" across the central U.S. as well as the eastern portions of the country over the next few days. There will be, however, a few lingering snow showers in Michigan.

A few weak storm systems should bring some light snow to the Midwest around the middle of the week during this "last quarter" lunar cycle.

By next week's "full moon" cycle, more wide fluctuating weather patterns are expected with rain and snow across the central U.S.

CLIFF'S "TOP 10" WEATHER TRADES (TUE. DECEMBER 18) ENTERED NEW EACH DAY

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