- Major storm system slides East
- Warming trend teases Northeast
- Back to cool end of March into April
- QuakeReMarks Intro!
Good morning ! A fairly tranquil first half of March (mildly cooler than normal) with tastes of spring days, which we’ll encounter this weekend! However (you know that was coming), the 2nd half of the month into early April, expect bracket busters, daffodil destroyers (seasonal cold not done), warm, wet, windy, and dare I say white! For today, I want to cover Sunday afternoon/evening into Monday’s storm, the week ahead, and a peak on how the rest of the month shakes out. Speaking of shakes, jammed plates and quakes will be another area I’ll cover below.
The end of the weekend system that’s coming is remnants of an extremely powerful storm currently pounding the nation’s midsection with widespread damaging winds and massive tornado outbreaks. A near-record low pressure (sub 980mb) that dived into the plains yesterday has led to blizzard conditions in the northern plains, widespread 60-80mphs, and a tornado outbreak from IN down to MO/TX/AR/MS/AL last night and later today.
Beware of the Ides of March! OK, let’s cover our track, timing, type, and totals. Given the nature of this storm, I’ll be adding new areas for my followers down south specifically for this widespread event. Will be brief given time constraints and want to get this out this morning.
Tuscaloosa
All the meteorological metrics which I will leave out for now depict the potential for an ugly afternoon and evening. Temps rise into the upper 70s and dew points into the upper 60s creating an environment for long track super cells and potential for tornadoes around the area. A few thunderstorms move in between 1pm-3pm PM CT, but the situation gets ugly starting between 4-6pm CT. From NW to NE the line moves into area with potential of damaging wind gusts, large hail, and threat of multiple tornados. I’ll be posting on X and reaching out individually during event. Storm tapers off between 7 and 8 PM.
Greenville, SC
Losing, fortunately, some of its punch, squall line move into the Greenville area between 3-5am. Damaging wind gusts of 40 to 50mph are possible. More than likely a Tornado Watch will be issued. Stay tuned.
Raleigh, NC
Similar to Greenville, but packing a bigger punch squall line arrives between 10am and noon. Most likely a tornado watch will also be issued with with damaging winds, hail, and flooding downpours.
DC
Losing some of his strength line also moves into DC area mid to late afternoon. It’ll a windy day ahead of the storm but gusty winds heavy downpours the main culprit.
Tri-state
Expect a cloudy, misty, humid and very unseasonably warm Sunday (upper 60s to low 70s in spots !). Winds from the south will be howling between 25-35mph (upper 40s to 50s along the coast) BEFORE the storm arrives. Heavy and flooding downpours arrive later in afternoon into the evening hours, tapering off Monday morning.
New England
Also expect an unseasonably warm yet not quite as warm as our friends down south. Temps will climb into the upper 50s to low 60s further inland. The southerly flow will bring gusty winds all day ahead of the front. Rain will move into New England early evening and right into the overnight hours. Flooding will be exacerbated by additional snow melt especially in the mountains, along with ice jam flooding.
Week Ahead
A very pleasant week ahead as temps across the Northeast this week will be above normal. Our next storm system arrives potentially next weekend, not as potent as this one, but will bring heavy downpours and yes possibly snow to northern New England details coming. Looking out to the last week of March into early April temperatures reverse to below normal with bowling ball threats increasing. Enjoy this week as it will be a tease before we head into spring later in April.
QuakeReMarks
Forecasting earthquakes has been a passion of mine for awhile and have kept this to a limited number of folks. But given the fair degree of accuracy and from what I’m seeing as a big pickup in activity, I want to bring my thoughts to all my subscribers. Some may say, either earthquakes can’t be predicted or I should stick to weather and stay in my lane, lol. Given this is a long post, I’ll go into more of the nuts and bolts on another post. But in short, tension and pressure are building around the plates, especially the Ring of Fire. A long unsettling quiet stretch of major quakes is building. Areas I’m looking for a major quake include around New Zealand, Ethiopia, Caribbean (including Puerto Rico), Italy, Vancouver/Seattle area, Alaska, and Indonesia. In the longer range, the Japan mega quake that I’ve been talking about for quite awhile is still on the table. This will have a far reaching significant global economic impact. Catastrophic damage to Japan, plus will more than likely include a tsunami reaching Hawaii and low lying areas of Southern California. Clearly hoping I’m wrong on this. More to come….
That’s it for now. Enjoy the warmth and remember weather never sleeps!