Good afternoon atmospheric audience! A Happy Easter to all those who celebrate. Enjoy the break from rain and chilly temps for a brief burst of sunshine and seasonable temperatures for a simply stunning Easter Sunday. Glad to be back after off the radar for most of March due to non-weather related stuff and website issues. My last post on March 9th of a possible late March snowstorm and colder temperatures had merit especially for the ski mountains of the ADK, the Greens to the Whites over to the Loaf. Last weekend’s storm dumped over 1 to over 2 feet! See my two tweets below for top snow totals in Maine and New Hampshire.
Speaking of snow, old man winter isn’t done just yet! A severe storm threat on Monday with the potential of large hail, damaging winds, and a tornado threat across Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas will move its way eastward. This will combine with a secondary low that will form off the East Coast and deepen, moving up the coast. The potential for a major Nor’easter and dare I say the B word in parts of New England is on the table. This could be a long duration multi-day event, beginning late Tuesday into possibly Thursday. The devil is still in the details as this is not “egged” in snow as of yet, but there’s been a fair degree of eggreement across the model ensembles for a sub 980mb low, and a blocking high up north.
This has potential to create very strong to damaging winds (especially along coastal sections), heavy rain (up to 2″) across the Mid-Atlantic states, and plowable snow possibly down to the Mass Pike on north. Arctic air will feed this storm, which could lead to 1 to 3 feet of snow in New England! It’s uncertain this early in the game if accumulating snow makes it further south to Boston and perhaps the NW foothills of NJ, lower Hudson Valley and W CT and MA.
Given it’s 72 hours or so away there’s a lot that needs to progress in order to fine-tune the details. It could be a hare-raising and eggtraordinary event. That said, any travel plans in the northeast from Tuesday night through Thursday may be delayed or disrupted. If possible I would start looking to make alternative or adjustments to those plans. I’ll be following up with details on all the T’s (track, timing, type of precip, and totals) shortly so stay tuned (how’s that for potentially, “out like a lion’?!).
Regarding upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8th, I know everyone is dyeing to know as we are within range to start looking at sky conditions. There’s not a high degree of visibility or clarity (sorry for the pun) on the level of certainty yet given it’s 9 days away. For the moment though (and of course I’m tracking this daily), the probability of clear skies looks more favorable in the Northeast then SW. Unless you live under a rock, recall in order to see the total eclipse you must be in that narrow band (see above), which for the Northeast runs from Buffalo to Burlington up to the old Balsams in Dixville Notch, over to Berlin and Bingham, Maine. After a stormy week ahead, for the moment a ridge builds over the Northeast late next weekend into April 8th. For fun you can see the European ensemble depicting that ridge and cloud forecast of which I don’t have tremendous confidence this far out. I’ll be on top of this throughout the week as the plot chickens…
That’s all yolks. Have an eggcellent Easter and rest of your weekend. Hopping this goes out given website issues. Time for a nap as weather never sleeps!
NO MORE SNOW!! Otherwise, have a hoppy Easter🐰
Always so fun to read, eggscept for the snow part at this point of the year 😵💫🥶