Good Tuesday everyone and welcome to the last day of March…. err… make that January. It’s a fitting ending to a month that has featured mostly above normal temperatures. As warm as it has been… this month isn’t really close to being among the warmest January’s ever. You sure couldn’t tell that by the weather of today.
Highs will reach the low 60s for many areas and it could even be milder than that if you have more sun than clouds where you live. I must admit… your friendly weatherdude is digging it. 🙂
Follow the high temps of the day…
Today’s Highs
Clouds are going to increase through the day and a few showers will begin to fire up by evening. These showers will increase overnight into Wednesday as a wave of low pressure works across the region. This will deliver a general quarter to a half-inch for most areas. Can we hear a rumble of thunder? Do we really have to ask that question, again?
Temps behind this system won’t drop very much at all and readings should stay above normal for the end of the week. Yippee.
I’m not even going to waste time in making maps of how each model is handling the weekend cutoff low because there is ZERO agreement in placement or timing. I warned you this would happen this week and we are seeing the model madness take over.
It’s a clear battle shaping up. In one corner we have the overall pattern that’s becoming more conducive for cold and snow chances around here and across the eastern US. In the other corner… the undisputed champion of the winter of 2011-2012, so far. His name is seasonal trend. The seasonal trend has KO’d every attempt Old Man Winter has thrown at us. I want to see the old man get in a few body shots or bloody the nose of the seasonal trend before I jump on the bandwagon.
Anybody out there know how to fix a fight? If so… this might be a good time for winter lovers to do so. 😉
I will have another update later today. Enjoy your spring day and take care.
Throw in the towel….Mother Nature had this fight fixed all along….that’s what a fixed fight is….it takes a few painful rounds ’til you give in. 😉
Ding Ding Ding…Going into the 10th round of this heavy weight fight and old man winter is staggering on his feet and can hardly hold is cold bones up. But wait……I think he took a shot of +PNA -NA and -NAO that last break. Could this be the comeback of the century…with only two rounds(Feb/Mar) left he needs to pull out all the magic he has to win this fight….Not sure how this one ends as I lost power during a thunderstorm…..Hopefully his corner did not throw in the towel and old man winter came back and whipped springs butt.
Think SNOW…..
At this stage, old man winter needs to do some Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks 😉
Nothing to see here except sun and warmth. All winter it has been, ” the end of December will see winter return.” ” The start of January will bring an arctic wave.” “January will end colder.” “The first of February sees a return to a wintry pattern and that changes to the middle of Fenruary into March.” 2012 will be remembered as The Year of No Winter. Our only hope will be a surprise storm.
I have noticed that the Robins are starting to return and the skunks are out looking for a mate and making Richmond road a nightmare with their dead body’s on the road giving their stink to cars even if you didn’t hit one. I say we are closer to spring than most think.
The animals are just as confused as we are by the unnaturally warm temps. Doesn’t mean spring is here. :/
Boy what depressing comments! Old Man Winter’s not down or out…he’s just spent his time this year becoming an absolute legend…an absolutely phenomenal legend… in another arena. (Looking at you Alaska…Europe…China…) If he ever decides to flex even a little bit of that muscle down here, I promise you we will be begging for the cold to stop.
Thanks for the update today CB. Brought a smile to my face.
Ready for warmer weather and sunshine. Tired of getting my hopes up for snow. If it comes…it comes…if not I’m cool with it…
its golf time, forget the snow… I love seeing snow but i have gave up all hope and just dont think that this pattern is going to change… So other than a few cold spells that makes us put on our jackets break out the golf bags spring is here!!!!
You stole my thunder with the golf comments.
The Heat Miser is jumping up and down with the wide, wicked grin. Meanwhile, the Snow Miser has been relegated to the Fairbanks, AK area where the temperature dropped to -51 yesterday.
translation of this blog……
every model has lost it, he has nothing to show us!
If there would have been a good model to see, it would have been on here. Basically means forget yet another system lol
Seriously folks,
Get them there mowers ready and expect to do a lot of bug whackin’. This mild winter will create a wild ecosystem for the spring and summer. IMO, the trend will win out, though we could see some cold spike and perhaps one-ish more 2″ to 4″ snow before all is said and done. This takes into account whatever big system that might hit, is offset by warm air trend.
If no more accumulative snow happens, I think central KY is at about 2″ to 3″ total for winter (depending on where you live).
Old Man Winter needs to bite his ear. 😉
My pony has started to shed his winter coat!
These models are so @#$% up,that they might start showing a cold pattern again.Then switch back to a warm solution, If it is going to be warm in Feb. is it not to much to request a dry weekend.
gamblers here my SUPER BOWL pick
the GGGGGGGG MEN!! 2 keys to this game, one big one. first G MEN front 4 will be tough on BRADY and thisa set up blanket coverage in the SECONDARY as well.
the biggest key is the PATS SECONDARY which is AWFUL, they havnt faced nothing like there going face SUNDAY, G MEN has several weapons, also the PATS have played 16 different DBS this year and are trying to play a WR, SPECIAL TEAMS guy in ETTLMAN or whatever his name is.
GIANTS score here get out in front and never get caught, GMEN 34- Pats 20.
Basically, the +PNA just got its butt KO’d by the dominating Southeast Ridge!!
next…
Thus the winter trend 😉
So this weekend will be rain? And next week tooo??
I have to say. NWS has really been spot on this winter with their snow forecasts as much as I dont like to admit it……
Yep. As much as people talk about them, they’ve been spot on this year, with good accuracy a week away.
NWS Louisville forecasted snow for this weekend as little as 4 days ago? How is that spot on?
So did everyone else. Now they’re all backtracking, and chris has even rules out snow. Not sure why everyone is always on their back. They forecast what they think, just as everyone does. I think it could be the frustration building from the fact that winter is over.
winter never started…
I mean, just look at how large the ridge gets by the middle of February. Two-thirds of the nation is basking in warmth. That truly cold air to the north just doesn’t ever appear to dislodge. Shorts and T-shirts until Valentine’s Day. It’s unreal.
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<<<< waving the WHITE FLAG of surrender….lol…if we can get weather like today until may 1st…lol..I'll take it..I mean sunshine and 68* !!! here in Barbourville, shorts/tshirt weather vs. COLD/RAIN…(since thats what winter has been this yr) …SO as long as its nice and sunny, I'll be on board…but,but,but if it does turn cold/SNOWY…I'll OF COURSE jump on the wagon…lol…so ENJOY it while it lasts I guess….I know I am, now back outside to get back to the yard work…
I will enjoy the nice warmth 🙂 🙂 , but knowing we could pay a price later 🙁 . The Gulf waters might get warmer and warmer and warmer, then send all that abnormal warmth/moisture north and, if jet stream and cold front patterns come together, lead to lots of spring tornadoes. Just like last spring, and 2006, 1974, way back in 1890.
It would be nice if the current La Niña weakens sooner than predicted, thus maybe negating the spring threat somewhat.
At least it’s looking like Indy may have few if any winter issues for the Super Bowl. And yet Dallas a year ago was struggling under six inches of the white stuff prior to the big game. Snowbound at the big D, not in Indy, who would have thunk it? 😉
Oh ye of little faith….
Amen
I guess all we can hope for at this point on is a freak snow in march…I remember some record breakers in march…Hopefully its 3 feet so it will at least not melt for a few days…I love the sound of splitting wood,trees ripping and falling, flashes of blue in the distance as another transformer bites the dust…The beauty and damage is awe inspiring…
Sounds like March 1993! I was in east Tennessee, nine years old, one of most vivid memories of my childhood. The blizzard piled snow almost up to window level in some cases. Although it happened on a Saturday morning, we still missed some school into the following week with all the snow and occasional downed trees and power lines. Even north Florida had snow (but tornadoes and huge storm surges in rest of Florida), even Birmingham had about 15 inches snow.
I’m sticking with my yesterday forecast start snowing sunday night around 7:00pm,, sunday night and monday big snow! I thought that Chris said, and a bunch of all said that the models would ALL be fliping/floping acting weird, couldnt handle everything this week–jumpon-jumpoff, jumpon-jumpoff….
Well my hand is steady–even sat. afternoon, models will notshow it.
Thats all for today, enjoy the great weather right now !!!!