The blocking pattern and unseasonably cold weather across the eastern United States is holding tough Monday, with a snowstorm pounding parts of the Middle Atlantic after burying the Midwest and Ohio Valley.
And it appears as if temperatures that are 10 to 20 degrees below seasonal averages will continue for the rest of the week.
But there also are signs that the end is coming for this miserable start of the spring season.
The changing pattern will begin this weekend and be really noticeable next week, if you believe what many of the computer models and long-range forecasters are dishing up.
Charlotte's temperatures this month have been well below average. We've reached average daily highs about a half-dozen days, and our overall temperature for the month is more than 4 degrees below average. To give you some perspective, we're a staggering 14 to 15 degrees colder each day this month than last March (which, granted, was the second-warmest on record).
More below-average weather is likely through Friday, with highs around 50 degrees Monday and Tuesday, then into the middle 50s Wednesday through Friday.
The first landmark -- 60 degrees -- appears reachable Saturday. That should be accompanied by plenty of sunshine, after after the morning chill wears off, the day could be quite nice.
Then on Easter, we'll have a shot at reaching our average high for the date, 67 degrees.
Easter sunrise services should be OK, with dry weather and temperatures in the lower 40s. By late Sunday, an approaching cold front could bring showers, but the day figures to be OK, on the whole.
It's next week when the computer-generated forecasts point to a warmup. Students enjoying spring break from the area's public schools could be playing in 70-degree weather several days next week. And it appears as if the trend will continue beyond that -- with an occasional cooler day mixed in.
Monday, March 25, 2013
End of the cold in sight ... but in time for Easter?
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Boy am I ready for warmer weather.
What will probably happen is we'll go straight to hot weather with very little spring temps.
"Students enjoying spring break from the area's public schools could be playing in 70-degree weather several days next week."
Yeah right, as if we can believe any prediction on the blog.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Winter is dead
Stick a fork in it.
I will take the chilly weather over pollen, and the heat and humidity that follows-- summer is the pits-
I'm with Anonymous 12:06. I hate summer too and I'm sure it's going to more than make up for this extended fall (this sure ain't winter).
But...but...the weatherman says cold weather is "bad" and that it makes our lives "miserable."
Just wait until heat, dripping humidity, and swarms of biting bugs fill the air! It will follow with the re-appearance of wrinkled cargo shorts, grimy flip flops, and un-tucked wife-beater shirts on the tattooed, skunk-haired masses! It will all be just grand!
Maybe we can get a few days--or weeks--of 40 degree weather in July, like we get a few days of 75-80 degree weather in January.
I think the moral of the story here is that most people enjoy "cool" air, which is exactly what we feel today. It is not "Cold". They'll be a few, feel good,"yay summer is here" days in the high 70's, then the disgusting sweaty,slobby Charlotte summer will kick in, with not a soul to be found outside.
If you people hate summer here so much, move. You all sound so miserable.
No! Only cold weather is "miserable" says the weatherman! Get it sorted!
Whatever. Another stick a fork in it, winter's dead article?
This article has been posted every week for the past two months, just worded differently.
When I wake up next Monday with you telling us how another blocking pattern has set up and our highs are 42 with another cold air wedge, and below average temps lingering into the middle of April....can I call for every meteorlogists resignation?
March 21: "Colder-than-average temperatures will continue to dominate the East, and it appears as if that pattern will continue through Easter weekend."
March 25: "Then on Easter, we'll have a shot at reaching our average high for the date, 67 degrees."
Draw your own conclusions.
"Then on Easter, we'll have a shot at reaching our average high for the date, 67 degrees.
Easter sunrise services should be OK, with dry weather and temperatures in the lower 40s. By late Sunday, an approaching cold front could bring showers."
Ok...for Easter: 67 degrees? Lower 40's? Cold front? Anyone want to figure this one out?
You people are so hard on Steve. If you read Al Gore's book, Earth in the Balance, you will know why weather forecasters are not responsible for the weather not turning out as they predict. No weatherman can overcome the horrible things corporations, autos, and beach houses have done to the climate; if the temperature changes in two days, no weatherman can be blamed. Get serious folks!
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