Winter's not done yet: Spring snow, chilly air headed for Midwest and Northeast
Mother Nature has some wintry tricks left in the tank through at least the end of March, AccuWeather forecasters say.
The last day of winter hit parts of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and surrounding states hard.
Spring may have officially arrived last week, but Mother Nature still has some wintry tricks left in the tank for the Midwest and Northeast. Chilly weather with the chance for some snow will stick around through at least the end of March in these areas.
"We’re looking at a series of cold fronts and storms sweeping from the Mississippi Valley to the mid-Atlantic through late this week,” AccuWeather Lead Long-Range Expert Paul Pastelok said. “This will keep temperatures down and cut short any warmups ahead of the storms. Overall, we’re expecting temperatures to be 5-10 degrees below the historical average as a whole for the end of March."
AccuWeather’s long-range experts have been warning for weeks that a weakening polar vortex in late March would usher in a stretch of unseasonably cool conditions with more frequent clouds and chances for rain and snow across the Midwest and Northeast.
As the storm continues eastward, accumulating snow will occur across upstate New York and central and northern New England. A slushy accumulation will extend all the way to the coast of Maine, making for a slow and slippery commute around Portland and Bangor, Maine, on Monday morning. A brief period of freezing rain also cannot be ruled out where rain and snow mix.
Cold winds in the wake of the storm, with AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperatures in the 10s and 20s F, will serve as a reminder that winter is far from over in the Upper Midwest, AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dan Pydynowski explained.
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Rain is expected along the Interstate 95 corridor through Monday.
More rounds of rain and snow showers are in the forecast this week, including a storm from late Tuesday into Wednesday that could bring accumulating snow to parts of the Appalachians.
"The pattern heading into April favors wetness and cooldowns across the East," Pastelok said. "A couple of air masses can be quite cold for April standards, with perhaps even some snow for the Northeast, Great Lakes and Midwest. The pattern may warm in the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes and possibly Northeast late in the month."
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