Welcome to the last day of Meteorological Winter
The last
system has departed, taking the cold front with it. But we have a secondary
cold front dropping thru the region, but this only has a few scattered
snow/rain showers with it. Today is chilly, satellite showers sun and clouds
over the region.
We have our
next clipper quickly approaching. The Clipper will past just to the north
Friday night and Saturday.
Initially northern
parts of the region will start out as snow. Like the last one, accumulations
will be light, but the Saturday Clipper will be a bit stronger. So, snowfall accumulations
will be a little higher.
Across New
York State north of I-90 a general 1-4 inches of snow will be possible, with 2-5
inches in the higher elevations, the highest elevations could see 6-10 inches
of snow. South of I 90, a dusting to an inch is possible the same general thyme
for northern New England, for Vermont and New Hampshire a general 1-4 inches of
snow is possible, with areas like the Greens and Whites seeing 2-6 inches, with
the highest elevations seeing 6-10 inches. For the sea Coast of Maine and New Hampshire a
dusting to around an inch will be possible. The rest of the region will likely see just
rain.
Southwest
winds will become gusty, as warmer air moves in, this will change most of the
northern snow over to a mix and then Rain. As the system pulls east, the gusty
winds will switch to the Northwest. Bringing in colder air, that will turn rain
back over to some snow.
Sunday and
Monday turn very cold, with lake effect falling downwind of the Great Lakes. Then
we will start to warm later Monday, this warm up will last for Tuesday into
Wednesday. Temperatures for Tuesday and Wednesday could be the warmest we’ve
seen so far. Then for midweek we will see a strong storm form in the Plains. This
storm will continue to deepen as it heads for the Great Lakes. North and west
of the track will see heavy snow, while this brings a severe weather outbreak
to the South. With the storm heading into the Great Lakes, we will be on the
warm side of the storm. This looks to be a widespread rainmaker. Rain could be
heavy at times. There is a chance for some thunderstorms across eastern
Pennsylvania into Middle Atlantic and southern New England. There is a chance very
isolated strong cells.
With the
warm temperatures and rain, expect snow to be melting. Flooding and Ice Jams
will likely become an issue at least on the local level.
When the storm cuts up through the Great Lakes and the snow starts its melting we wil be at or close to the 10th or the 12th.So with the cold air going home and warm air taking its place we shall experience another year without a Classic Nor'Easter.We did have cold air for the last 20 days of January and all of February so with the clippers that visited our area we stayed white for a good part of Winter.We still can’t get 2 or three good size storms and the one that last for a couple days and that storm keeps swirling giving us a 4-5” and the wind that goes with it.Then the snow amounts dwindle as the storm leaves but the wind is always noticeable especially at night up on the higher ridges and the roar is noticeable if you have the wind open.
ReplyDeleteYour forecast was right on,we just didn’t get the moisture when the cold was here.Others received well above normal but even with the cold we didn’t get close to normal.