I got an email from my Aunt this afternoon showing her and her husband with my parents learning about snowshoeing.  I was thinking, if there was ever a perfect March day to learn how to snowshoe, ski and skate or anything else outside, this was it.

The snow became a bit soft this afternoon in the stronger March sunshine as the après-ski season began in earnest.   While I was walking the dogs and they were getting muddy for the first time this season, I started thinking about you folks who read my blog and I was wondering what else everyone was doing to enjoy the day. I hope you got a chance to absorb some of the sunshine and the milder air, it really was a welcome change.

Sunday begins daylight saving time.  This is when sunsets make that jump and hour later to set just before 7, but the sunrise also moves up an hour meaning it won’t clear the horizon until after 7 in the morning.  If you are an early riser like me, you probably aren’t a fan of this weekend.  The good news is we are gaining light so fast; the sunrises will be back to where they were this morning in about 4 weeks.

Most of you have heard about the possible storm for next week and I will get to that shortly.  First, I wanted to write about the rest of the weekend and early next week.

We have a series of air mass changes during the next 72 hours.  The first of these is the introduction of colder air for Sunday when highs will be nearly 20 degrees colder than Saturday, mostly in the lower and middle 30s.

Another front traverses the area Sunday night and Monday with a few snow showers.  As was the case last week when snow showers were in the forecast no everyone is going to see them.  If you do get a period of snow it may coat the ground or amount to half an inch of snow, but it’s not a storm situation.

Highs will be in the 30s on Monday as well.  Monday night, as milder air streams north there might be another round of snow showers, same idea on any accumulation as Sunday night and early Monday.

Tuesday will be the mildest of the days this second full week of March.  With a blend of clouds and sunshine, highs will again rebound into the 40s with the mildest readings between 2PM and 4PM.

There is a storm off the coast of California which will move inland, cross the country and eventually play into our weather for Wednesday and Thursday.  The impacts to travel, if they are going to occur will be the commutes on Wednesday and perhaps the morning commute Thursday.  It’s likely two of those three commutes will be most affected, but I can’t tell you which ones yet.

The storm has the potential to be significant and also to even start as rain in some areas.  There are lots of possible scenarios and since the energy for the storm is still so far away, it’s not prudent to guess at those specifics.  It does appear, unlike the last several storms, this one will move north much further so all of New England is potentially in its path.

Once the storm goes by more arctic air is going to return to the region with temperatures far below average.  It’s like some areas will stay well under freezing Friday.

Looking at the overall trend for the period from March 15th to March 22nd, it looks colder and stormier than average.  In other words, I hope you enjoyed today, because this winter isn’t over by a long shot.

 

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