Spring then back to Winter for OV/NE/LAKES/MA ?????

[Guest]

Yep it looks like after a few warm days this week especially tomorrow in alot of the OV and MA with alot of places getting to near 70 or above will turn colder again by Saturday and maybe even some wet snow perhaps in the Lakes and n.OV but the bigger story develops on Sunday night into Monday as a clipper type system drops down from canada and runs thru the OV over and off the MA coast bringing with it a few inches of snow perhaps in alot of these areas.

A days or two after that another system will drop in bring with it another shot of snow for the OV over into the MA and NE.

Exactly how much snow for either system? Hard to say at this point as the models will be having a hard time figureing out which system will develop and which one wont develop as much. More or less one should develop but will probably take away from the other. Either way winter isnt done with just yet in these areas. Gonna be cold for the most part next week with most places averaging from 10 to perhaps 15 below normal and maybe a warm up after that depending on what the clippers do.

[Colin]

Yup...it's going to be an active next 7 days. Rain, then snow? It'll be interesting to see what future model runs show...but it is something to watch! The UKMET is especially interesting with a 998 Low Pressure off the Virginia Capes.

[Chris the Weather Man]

Perhaps Ole Man Winter ( Will Give Us 1 big storm before he leaves) I am Hoping for March 1958......

[stormraiser]

It's too warm too early for Western NY. I think March has something in store for us, maybe not a monster, but significant nonetheless.

[Lowpressure]

79 degrees in Fredericksburg yesterday. Calling for mix with snow Sunday night and again Tuesday night, wow!

[tropicana]

RECORD WARM HIGHS MARCH 5th 2004

Flint MI 66F tied 1983
Rochester NY 67F tied 1976
Detroit MI 68F
Toledo OH 70F
Bluefield VA 72F tied 1989
Beckley WV 73F
Erie PA 76F
Elkins WV 78F
Pittsburgh PA 78F

RECORD HIGHS IN ONTARIO, CANADA March 5th 2004

Peterborough ON 15.3C
Kitchener ON 16.4C
Hamilton ON 17.8C
Markham ON 18.0C
Toronto ON 18.5C ** shattered the old record of 11.7C set in 1964 and was the warmest temperature so early in the year
Windsor ON 19.5C

-justin-

[tropicana]

And some more RECORD HIGHS Sat March 6th 2004:

Islip NY 58F
Kennedy Airport NY 63F
Bridgeport CT 64F
Newark NJ 64F
Trenton NJ 65F tied 1959
Atlantic City NJ 68F tied 1959
Mobile AL 83F tied 1955
Audubon Park LA 85F

-justin-

[tomboudreau]

After great sunny spring weather yesterday...snow is coming back. BLAH! Bah humbug thats all I have to say. The ground is bare again, the buds are starting to pop up. And now, there is mention of snow in the forecast. After a long winter, I for one am not happy to see this. Even the late evening discussion from State College is interesting tonight for tomorrow afternoon's and evening's snow.

KEPT SUNDAY AS IS WITH POTENT CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM DROPPING INTO THE
REGION. HAS A VERY INTERESTING LOOK TO IT AS IT IS FCST TO CLOSE OFF
ALOFT AS IT MOVES OVHD...THEN SLOW ALONG THE COAST AS SFC LOW BOMBS
OUT OVER GULF STREAM. MAIN THING FOR US IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A
CONVECTIVE BURST OF SNOW LATER TMRW. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE FCST
TO STEEPEN SHARPLY DURG THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ETA FCSTS
T-TOTALS TO APPROACH 60. IT LOOKS GOOD FOR SOME LOW TOPPED
CONVECTION...POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL OR EVEN A THUNDER-SNOW SQUALL
MAYBE MAKING THE EVENING SHIFT INTERESTING SUNDAY.

Hopefully, this won't mount to much and it will be gone by the middle of the week.

[Stormsfury]

Yep it looks like after a few warm days this week especially tomorrow in alot of the OV and MA with alot of places getting to near 70 or above will turn colder again by Saturday and maybe even some wet snow perhaps in the Lakes and n.OV but the bigger story develops on Sunday night into Monday as a clipper type system drops down from canada and runs thru the OV over and off the MA coast bringing with it a few inches of snow perhaps in alot of these areas.

A days or two after that another system will drop in bring with it another shot of snow for the OV over into the MA and NE.

Exactly how much snow for either system? Hard to say at this point as the models will be having a hard time figureing out which system will develop and which one wont develop as much. More or less one should develop but will probably take away from the other. Either way winter isnt done with just yet in these areas. Gonna be cold for the most part next week with most places averaging from 10 to perhaps 15 below normal and maybe a warm up after that depending on what the clippers do.

Told ya so ...