From a climatological standpoint, the month of March is quite favorable for accumulating snow in the local area, and it looks like the climatology will deliver this year. The last couple of days have been quite mild, but big temperature changes are on the way beginning today and it looks like the colder weather will be accompanied by a major winter storm. A strong storm system will begin impacting the area today with rain or a combination of rain and snow. The precipitation changes to all snow later this evening and the snow is likely to continue, heavy at times, right into early Friday morning…snow should be of the heavy and wet variety. Significant snow accumulations of 8-14 inches are on the table for the Denver/Boulder regions and the foothills can receive 2 or 3 feet of snow. Winds will become an increasing factor with gusts of 30+ mph from later tonight into tomorrow night leading to blowing snow and there can be some rumbles of thunder mixed into the picture as well. The weather settles down this weekend and it turns milder again early next week.
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High pressure edged eastward on Tuesday afternoon, and it will slide off the coast today opening the door for unseasonably warm air to our west to move into the Mid-Atlantic region. Temperatures will surge today to near 70 degrees and likely into the lower 70’s on Thursday afternoon. It stays very mild at the end of the work week; however, the pattern becomes more unsettled with a chance of showers on Friday, maybe a thunderstorm. It cools down some this weekend in the Mid-Atlantic region, but still mild for this time of year, and then a colder-than-normal air mass reaches the area for the first half of next week.
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High pressure edged eastward on Tuesday afternoon, and it will slide off the coast today opening the door for unseasonably warm air to our west to move into the Mid-Atlantic region. Temperatures will surge today to near 75 degrees and likely into the middle or upper 70’s on Thursday afternoon. It stays very mild at the end of the work week; however, the pattern becomes more unsettled with a chance of showers on Friday, maybe a thunderstorm. It cools down some this weekend in the Mid-Atlantic region, but still mild for this time of year, and then a colder-than-normal air mass reaches the area for the first half of next week.
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The next couple of days will be quite nice across the Tennessee Valley with high pressure in control. Temperatures this afternoon should reach the low-to-mid 70’s and the upper 70’s are likely on Thursday. The weather pattern becomes more unsettled later in the week with the chance of showers and thunderstorms on Thursday night and Friday…some of that rain can be heavy at times.
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After a cold and windy day to start the week, there are big temperature changes on the way for the Mid-Atlantic region beginning today with afternoon highs around here likely in the middle 60’s. The surge in temperatures will continue during the next couple of days with both afternoons likely to see a flirtation with the 70 degree mark. It stays quite mild into the late week and weekend, but it'll become more unsettled with the threat of showers on a couple of occasions.
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The winter of 1992-1993 was not bad at all in the Mid-Atlantic region in terms of cold and snow, but one storm at the end of the season will put that particular winter in the history books forever. One of the most intense storms ever observed in the eastern US took place from March 12-14, 1993 and it will be forever known as the “Storm of the Century”. This intense storm generated tremendous snowfall totals from Alabama through Maine, high winds all along the east coast, extreme coastal flooding along the Florida west coast and incredibly low barometric pressures across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. The aftermath of the “Storm of the Century” was unseasonably cold and broke records in many spots for the middle of March. To this day, the storm also known as the “Superstorm of 1993” ranks among the deadliest and most costly weather events in US history.
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After a cold and windy day to start the week, there are big temperature changes on the way for the Mid-Atlantic region beginning today with afternoon highs around here likely in the upper 60’s. The surge in temperatures will continue during the next couple of days with 70 degrees on the table for Wednesday and the middle 70’s on Thursday. It stays quite mild into the late week and weekend, but it'll become more unsettled with the threat of showers on a couple of occasions.
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After a cold and windy day to start the week, there are big temperature changes on the way for the Mid-Atlantic region beginning today with afternoon highs around here likely in the middle 60’s. The surge in temperatures will continue during the next couple of days with 70 degree highs an outside chance for both Wednesday and and Thursday. It stays quite mild into the late week and weekend, but it'll become more unsettled with the threat of showers on a couple of occasions.
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The new work week started off on the mild side and it’ll stay quite mild today, but big changes are on the way and the upcoming colder weather will be accompanied by a major winter storm. Colder air works into the area by later tomorrow night and a strong storm system will likely impact the region with significant accumulating snow from Wednesday evening into early Friday morning…my preliminary snowfall estimates are 6-12 inches for the Denver and Boulder regions.
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High pressure will take control of the weather around here for the next few days and it’ll remain quite mild for the time of year. Temperatures this afternoon are likely to have a flirtation with the 70 degree mark we should get well up into the 70’s on both Wednesday and Thursday.
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