The Maine Forecast
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PublishedMarch 31, 2016
If you like the current mild air, you won’t like what’s coming
Major weather changes are coming over the next five days, with swings ranging from temperatures in the 60s Thursday and Friday to snow – yes – possible on Sunday.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2016
The Maine Forecast: Big swings in temperatures will continue into April
Spring generally leans cold or warm, and this year overall we are running mild.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2016
Easter weekend weather promises some wet, some warmth
Beware freezing rain in the mountains Friday, then improving conditions.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2016
Welcome spring, and the return of winter’s snow
The snow arrived on schedule this morning, with the bulk of the accumulation is over by noon in Portland and mid-afternoon east of Rockland. The snow has fallen at rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour in several places after 5 a.m and allowed it to accumulate quite quickly. Already dry air is rapidly […]
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PublishedMarch 20, 2016
Storm mostly a miss for southern Maine
Our small spring snow event is still on for tonight and early Monday with some areas seeing more than others. The bulk of the storm will miss southern Maine while eastern Maine is clipped by some heavier snow as the storm departs into Canada later Monday. With some sunshine today the roads will heat up […]
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PublishedMarch 19, 2016
Snow to start spring, but no major storm
The storm possibility you’ve been hearing about for the past week hasn’t looked like a good set up for skiing for several days so if there isn’t going to be natural snow for them, why get it at all at this point in the season? This morning, I gingerly looked at the computer models hoping […]
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PublishedMarch 19, 2016
Astronomical spring begins Sunday
Astronomical spring began just after midnight Sunday as the Earth’s position in relation to the Sun is such that the rays of the Sun are shining directly overhead on the equator. This means if you traveled to the equator where it was noon as spring began and looked up the sun would be exactly in the […]
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PublishedMarch 12, 2016
Daylight saving time begins Sunday. Why are we still doing this?
It’s that time of the year again when we move the clocks forward by an hour and therefore can take advantage of more daylight during the second half of the day. Although we call this new time daylight saving time, we haven’t added anymore daylight to our lives; we’ve only shifted when it occurs. A […]
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PublishedMarch 9, 2016
Our June-like temperatures mean winter’s over
Winter is over. I am declaring a lack of a credible threat of snow and cold the rest of this month and into April. Yes I know there was a big snowstorm April Fool’s Day 1997 and it snowed the second week of May in 1963. If you want to hold out for the slim […]
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PublishedMarch 8, 2016
Warmup coming, but cool weather tries to hang on
Weather is nature’s way of balancing the imbalances across the planet. Since there won’t ever be balance, there will always be weather. Across the middle latitudes, weather moves primarily west to east in the form of waves. These waves carry warm and cold pools of air known as air masses. The weather associated with a […]
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