Wednesday, March 23, 2016

3/23- Some showers, cold and snowy April?

Good Wednesday all-

Today is going to be a very springlike day all things considered, although some showers are possible during the day today (especially early). Tomorrow looks dry, but there are serious questions as to whether a backdoor cold front will clear CT before it stalls. Whether it does or not will decide if we see highs in the mid-60s or low 50s...so it's a pretty big difference there. Regardless of what happens, Friday looks like a washout, at least in the morning, as a cold front moves through with heavy precipitation...and 0.25-0.75" of rain is possible during that timeframe. The weekend looks fine before the rain returns on Monday.

Sadly, however, I cannot say with confidence that we are done with snow...the first week of April looks cold and with precip around you cannot rule out snow, as indicated by last night's GFS...

http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/gfs/2016032300/gfs_mslp_pcpn_frzn_us_52.png
^ Last night's GFS showing a nearly unprecedented snowstorm for April 8


 Today in weather history- March 23, 1913- A tornado clobbers downtown Omaha, NE, managing to leave a 5 mile long swath of destruction, killing 94 and doing $3.5 million in damage. To make matters worse, this was on Easter Sunday, so it likely was almost as bad as it could be with everyone in church!


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