National Forecast Mar .19, 2014 Midwest - A storm system moves through the Great Lakes and into southeast Canada Wednesday into Thursday. - Snow continues in central and north Wisconsin and northwest Michigan during the day Wednesday and ends from west to east Wednesday night. - Lingering snow in the upper Mississippi Valley comes to an end during the afternoon. - Additional accumulations of 1 to 3 inches are forecast in the upper Mississippi Valley with 3 to 5 inches in north Wisconsin and northwest Michigan. - Rain ends as a period of wet snow in northern Illinois, southeast Wisconsin and central and south Michigan Wednesday afternoon and evening. - No significant snow accumulations are expected in those areas. - Rain and showers trek across the lower Great Lakes and Ohio Valley during the day Wednesday and taper off from west to east late Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday evening. - The Plains, Missouri Valley and middle Mississippi Valley should be dry. - Chilliest highs in the 30s occur across Minnesota, central and north Wisconsin and north Michigan. - Highs in the 40s and 50s are likely in the remainder of the region. Northeast - Moisture from the Midwest winter storm pushes into the region as mostly rain during the day Wednesday. - As the moisture arrives during the early morning in northwest Virginia, northeast West Virginia, west Maryland and south-central Pennsylvania temperatures will be near or slightly below freezing resulting in light freezing rain or freezing drizzle. - The ice should turn to rain during the middle and late morning hours, but could cause slippery driving and walking before the change. - Wednesday afternoon the moisture arrives in the mountains of Upstate New York and should fall as snow. - Snow spreads across central and northern New England very late Wednesday afternoon or Wednesday evening. - Warmer temperatures change the snow to rain in Massachusetts, southeast New Hampshire and coastal Maine Wednesday night. - Rain from the Virginias to southern New England ends from west to east Wednesday night. - Snow in northern New York and northern New England ends from west to east Thursday. - Snowfall of 1 to 3 inches with spotty 3 to 5 inch amounts is likely in northern New York and northern New England. - Wednesdays highs will be mostly in the 30s and 40s across the region. - Warmer highs in the 50s and 60s are possible in far western New York, far western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and far southeast Virginia. South - The majority of the region will dry Wednesday. - Drizzle and light rain from northeast Georgia to North Carolina should gradually come to an end during the late morning or early afternoon hours. - Warm temperatures and low humidity in Oklahoma and Texas keep the fire danger high, but not as high as Tuesday due to lighter wind speeds. - Winds increase again Thursday so fire danger levels could climb back toward critical. - Highs will be mostly in the 60s and 70s across the region Wednesday. - Cooler upper 40s and 50s are forecast in western and northern North Carolina, far northwest South Carolina and northeast Georgia. - Some lower 80s are likely across southern Florida. West - The next storm pushes through the Northwest Wednesday and the northern Rockies Wednesday and Thursday. - Rain and mountain snow occur from northwest Oregon and west Washington to northwest Montana Wednesday. - The steadiest and heaviest rain and snow fall in east Washington, northeast Oregon, north Idaho and west Montana Wednesday night. - Rain and snow showers continue in western Washington and the Oregon Cascades Wednesday night and Thursday. - Snow continues in north Idaho and northwest and north-central Montana with rain showers in northeast Montana Thursday. - Snowfall of 6 to 12 inches is likely in the Washington Cascades with 3 to 6 inches in the Oregon Cascades and the mountains of northeast Washington, north Idaho and northwest Montana. - The remainder of the region will be dry. - Warm temperatures and low humidity keep fire danger levels elevated in Arizona, New Mexico and southeast Colorado Wednesday. - Winds should increase there Thursday raising fire danger back to near critical levels. - Highs Wednesday should be in the 40s and 50s from the Northwest to northern New Mexico, the 60s from southwest Oregon and north California to central New Mexico and the 70s and lower 80s from south California to south New Mexico.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:41:06 +0000
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