Here is the (visual) evidence of Friday afternoon and evening’s snowfall… a very thin 100-mile ribbon of snowpack on the ground. The snow is not very deep, but certainly enough to show up on Saturday morning’s visible satellite image.
Category: Weather
“Protean” is a word that means constant change. If you look at the winds aloft map sequence below, you will find lots of ups and downs in terms of temperature pattern. This is fairly typical as we had into the month of March. Overall, temperatures should return to normal when all is said and done when we finish with the month of March.
It’s weak and lacks voluminous moisture, but there is enough dynamics to kick off areas of snow showers on Thursday… perhaps even enough to move around with a snow brush in places.
A pseudo-zonal pattern is taking shape, but not your typical zonal pattern. This one will keep the jet stream south of the Ohio Valley keeping a steady stream of wintry systems aimed at us.
Snowfall totals for the next 10 days:
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Lake Erie is almost 100% ice covered! that is truly no surprise given that we are currently averaging 8°F below normal for the month of January.