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Weather Underground midday recap for Friday, July 25, 2008.

Severe weather swept though the Upper Mid-West on Friday. The storms were triggered by a low pressure system in the north that created a cold front over the region. Strong winds with approximately 70 mph gusts were reported in Brule, WI, while hail was reported nearby in Burnett County, WI. The system has caused problems with flooding in the Upper Mississippi Valley.

A low pressure system north of New England produced a stationary front that extended down the East Coast and into the Mid-Atlantic states on Friday. The system has triggered showers and thunderstorms along its path, none of which have turned severe. Also in the Southeast, afternoon showers and thunderstorms have developed due to high pressure over the region which brought much moisture in from the Gulf.

In the Southwest, the remnants of Dolly pulled moisture into the region from the south, which triggered scattered showers and thunderstorms. Although Dolly is no longer a tropical storm, the system has abundant moisture to spread over western Texas and New Mexico, as it continues on its westward path.

High pressure over the West brought sunny skies to California, with some morning coastal fog. Meanwhile, the Pacific Northwest saw partly cloudy skies as a low pressure system approached from the Gulf of Alaska.

Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Friday have ranged from a morning low of 34 degrees at Stanley, Idaho to a midday high of 104 degrees at Las Vegas, Nev.