Northeast chill to ease, then return
Updated Apr 17, 2021 6:49 PM EST
Some of the slopes at Killington, Vermont, had more than a foot of new snow as of Saturday morning, but in the middle of Pennsylvania, it was simply chilly with changing amounts of clouds and sunshine, and the clouds dominating. When I was walking the dog Saturday morning, it was overcast with a few drops of drizzle. The trees with white blossoms stand in stark contrast to the darker shades in the picture above. The picture taken below was in the late morning during a period of almost complete clearing.
But that didn't last. Soon it was overcast again and dull:
The following picture from early afternoon shows the sun shining on the scene while the sky looked totally overcast in the direction I was pointing the camera.
After his walk, Scotty the dog was content to simply sit on the porch, perhaps waiting for instructions that he would follow or ignore depending on momentary mood
The satellite radar composite shows extensive cloudiness and some precipitation from Texas eastward along the Gulf coast. We can also see areas of clouds and spotty precipitation from Iowa to Ohio. The large storm that brought high-elevation snow and coastal gales to New England was centered south of Nova Scotia.
If the precipitation areas on the map below look a little familiar, it's because it was a forecast for 2 p.m. Saturday, which was around the same time as the satellite radar composite above.
Sunday should be cloudy with some breaks in much of the area from the Ohio Valley to the interior of the middle and North Atlantic states. There will be several areas of mostly light rain or drizzle, but at most times in most places it should be dry.
The map below for Monday afternoon shows some showers in Ontario associated with a weakening cold front. It looks rather cloudy from Pennsylvania to Maine. In the I-95 corridor, it should range from cloudy to partly sunny with afternoon temperatures up past 60.
If the forecast map below for Tuesday is correct, it'll be a nice spring day across most of the Northeast. A cold front moving across the Mississippi Valley will cause some rain in that area.
On Wednesday, the cold front from the Midwest should cross the Appalachians and head to the East Coast. It will cause some rain and perhaps a few thunderstorms.
Behind the front on Thursday, it looks like it will be a blustery and chilly day across the Northeast with some showers or perhaps even a few snow showers in the mountains from northern West Virginia to western New York.
Friday looks chilly across eastern New York and New England, but the afternoon should be milder than on Thursday farther south and west.
The map for next Saturday suggests there will be heavy showers and thunderstorms in parts of the Southeast and Florida, but only spotty showers with a weak cold front coming through the Northeast.
One thing we see on the late-week maps that is not present early in the week is storminess off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Perhaps the next stage will be to see more storminess across the Central and Eastern states as very warm air in the South clashes with stubborn chill in the far north. Paul Pastelok talked about this in his last long-range discussion, and it looks like the right idea.
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Northeast chill to ease, then return
Updated Apr 17, 2021 6:49 PM EST
Some of the slopes at Killington, Vermont, had more than a foot of new snow as of Saturday morning, but in the middle of Pennsylvania, it was simply chilly with changing amounts of clouds and sunshine, and the clouds dominating. When I was walking the dog Saturday morning, it was overcast with a few drops of drizzle. The trees with white blossoms stand in stark contrast to the darker shades in the picture above. The picture taken below was in the late morning during a period of almost complete clearing.
But that didn't last. Soon it was overcast again and dull:
The following picture from early afternoon shows the sun shining on the scene while the sky looked totally overcast in the direction I was pointing the camera.
After his walk, Scotty the dog was content to simply sit on the porch, perhaps waiting for instructions that he would follow or ignore depending on momentary mood
The satellite radar composite shows extensive cloudiness and some precipitation from Texas eastward along the Gulf coast. We can also see areas of clouds and spotty precipitation from Iowa to Ohio. The large storm that brought high-elevation snow and coastal gales to New England was centered south of Nova Scotia.
If the precipitation areas on the map below look a little familiar, it's because it was a forecast for 2 p.m. Saturday, which was around the same time as the satellite radar composite above.
Sunday should be cloudy with some breaks in much of the area from the Ohio Valley to the interior of the middle and North Atlantic states. There will be several areas of mostly light rain or drizzle, but at most times in most places it should be dry.
The map below for Monday afternoon shows some showers in Ontario associated with a weakening cold front. It looks rather cloudy from Pennsylvania to Maine. In the I-95 corridor, it should range from cloudy to partly sunny with afternoon temperatures up past 60.
If the forecast map below for Tuesday is correct, it'll be a nice spring day across most of the Northeast. A cold front moving across the Mississippi Valley will cause some rain in that area.
On Wednesday, the cold front from the Midwest should cross the Appalachians and head to the East Coast. It will cause some rain and perhaps a few thunderstorms.
Behind the front on Thursday, it looks like it will be a blustery and chilly day across the Northeast with some showers or perhaps even a few snow showers in the mountains from northern West Virginia to western New York.
Friday looks chilly across eastern New York and New England, but the afternoon should be milder than on Thursday farther south and west.
The map for next Saturday suggests there will be heavy showers and thunderstorms in parts of the Southeast and Florida, but only spotty showers with a weak cold front coming through the Northeast.
One thing we see on the late-week maps that is not present early in the week is storminess off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Perhaps the next stage will be to see more storminess across the Central and Eastern states as very warm air in the South clashes with stubborn chill in the far north. Paul Pastelok talked about this in his last long-range discussion, and it looks like the right idea.
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