Sunday, March 17, 2013
A chilled latter half of March kicks off with the chance for more snow...with reinforced chill continuing through the week.
Allow me for a minute to vent about the chilled March we're having this year. Last year's warmth - a rarity of sorts, given that Philly hit 70 a record-tying nine times - is nowhere to be seen. Trees in Center City were blooming on St. Patrick's Day last year, sunshine was bright and dominant, and the region was basking in an early spring that gave way to a rather hot summer. This year? No 70 degree days yet, and only two 60 degree days so far this month. We won't see 60 degree weather for a while...and perhaps not until the very end of the month. The next ten days look chilled from the current perch and odds are we will end up with our second consecutive below average month in temperature. The last time that happened was December …
Sunday, March 10, 2013
A spring in our step with warmth early this week will be replaced by a return of late winter chill for the end of the work week and St. Patrick's Day weekend.
Last year, Philadelphia had cracked 70 degrees three times by the middle of this month and enjoyed a 71-degree St. Patrick's Day that had trees flowering in Center City and had the region enjoying what was arguably May in March. Despite the tease of warmth we got over the weekend and will enjoy through Monday, such thoughts of a warm surge on the level of last year should probably be scuttled now. Another slap of crispness awaits us on Tuesday with a cold front, followed by a slow and steady decline in temperatures as colder northwest winds await. Tuesday's front will bring about a half inch or so of rain as it crosses the region, perhaps with one last push towards or just above 60 for highs...although as of now the earlier in the day …
Sunday, March 3, 2013
We will be on the northern fringes of a storm system on Wednesday, with some snow or rain expected.
A large storm will cross the country through early Thursday, bringing snow and rain in its path as it marches southeast and then east once it gets into the Ohio Valley. This storm will bring varied levels of impact to the region, with the worst to our south, southwest, and along the coast. Locally, winds will gust to 40 mph and we'll get intervals of rain and snow showers, especially as one gets closer to Philadelphia. The far northern parts of the suburban counties may not see that much precipitation. One of the reasons that the storm may not spread precipitation that far north across the region is the presence of a large area of high pressure in Eastern Canada. It will prevent the storm from tracking too far north and will generally send…
Sunday, February 17, 2013
A couple of storm systems will bring unsettled weather on Tuesday and Friday, with temperatures starting cold and ending up not so bad by week's end.
The last four weeks have featured a rather typical winter in terms of temperatures. We might not have had the levels of snow some want, but temperatures over the past 30 days have averaged out to where they should for the coldest stretches of winter. This week, we'll see a relaxation of some of the wind-whipped cold that frosted us on Sunday. It's not out of the realm of possibility that temperatures could end up near 50 by Tuesday afternoon and again by Saturday afternoon in parts of the region. This week will feature a pair of storm systems that will work through the region. One on Tuesday will bring rain in the midday and afternoon hours. It will be followed by a second storm system that will bring either rain or snow showers to the …
Monday, February 11, 2013
After a near miss on snow this past Friday night, Monday rains will wash away what little is left on the ground, leaving a typical temperature pattern for the rest of the week.
Friday's near miss storm was literally that—we were about 50 miles away from getting several additional inches of snow in your backyard. Many areas of northern New Jersey and coastal areas of central New Jersey ended up getting 10 or more inches of snow. Locally, anywhere from trace amounts to six inches fell from Chester County to Bucks, with Philly getting anywhere from a few tenths of an inch at the naval yards to nearly five inches in the Northeast. Most of the remaining snow will wash away as Monday's rains move through. The rain will be steady, if not heavy, for a time. We'll probably get a half to a full inch of rain in the region, with most of it falling in the morning. Some drizzle will linger into the afternoon. The balance of …
Monday, January 14, 2013
After flirting with March-like temperatures, we're going to return to winter around the Delaware Valley, with colder temperatures lurking down the line.
Reality in January isn't temperatures in the 50s or even 60s. "Normal" is highs in the 30s to around 40, which is the air that's more likely in our cards over the coming days. A cold front slides on through during the course of Monday and begins the downward descent in temperatures, with our temperatures dropping from the upper half of the 50s on Monday morning to lower 30s around the region by Tuesday morning. Along with the frontal passage, a wave of energy will push northeast along the front and spread light rain and, perhaps, some light snow along with it. Given the push of the front southeast through the region, the shield of light rain and snow may miss the northwest 'burbs of Philadelphia but be better confined to South Jersey and…
Monday, January 7, 2013
The coming week's weather looks milder around the region. Seasonably cold weather may return by the end of the month.
January hasn't really started on that cold of a note. Temperatures so far this month are running near average as our "cold snap" has been really full of typical January type weather. That pattern will relax as we work through the course of the coming week, with typical January weather thawing out as the week progresses. The nation will be pretty mild overall for much of the week, only cooling down late this week in the Pacific Northwest as a push of cold comes in from Canada. However, our region starts near normal on temperatures and will warm progressively each day, pushing 50 on Wednesday and then probably 50 again by Friday if not Saturday. Thursday may be a notch cooler if only because of the prospect of additional clouds around the …
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