Much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation will feature well below-normal temperatures on Saturday afternoon as depicted by the 06Z GEFS 2-m temperature anomalies; courtesy NOAA, tropicaltidbits.com
Overview
A very active weather pattern is bringing the I-95 corridor intense winds today associated with a strong cold frontal system and there may be another round of springtime accumulating snow this Saturday for much of the region. Winds could gust past 50 mph this afternoon and early evening following the passage of a strong cold front as a fresh cold air mass rushes into the region. On Thursday, it'll be dry and quite cold for this time of year and the winds will start off the day quite strong though they will likely diminish during the mid and late afternoon hours. A "clipper-type" low pressure system will then bring rain showers to the I-95 corridor on Friday and push a cold front through the region. This front will usher in very cold air for this time of year by early Saturday and low pressure will form along the stalling frontal boundary zone and likely generate accumulating snow in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor.
Comment: Winter in the US has been brutal, but it's reflective of a much wider trend:
An unusually cold winter storm is bound for New York City - again.
Dreams of clear skies and mild weather will have to wait, as forecasters predicted Wednesday that a record-breaking Arctic blast is headed for the East Coast this weekend.
"Ridiculous late season arctic outbreak Fri/Sat," Weather Company meteorologist Michael Palmer tweeted.
Temperatures in the city are expected to drop as much as 20 degrees below the normal and a slushy snow-rain mix will likely start falling on Friday and continue well into Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
Comment: Arctic blasts, splitting jet streams, polar vortex's - how many new terms have to be invented before forecasters realise that our weather is dramatically changing, it's becoming increasingly colder, the seasons are much more volatile and erratic, and the phenomenon is worldwide, and which is evidence of the fact that we're entering an ice age:
The Upper Midwest is no stranger to snow. Another winter storm moved through the area on Tuesday and dumped more powder across the region.
Snow bands set up and dropped several inches of snow. A few cities even set daily snowfall records Tuesday too. Many of the new records shattered the previous ones. Wausau, WI set a new record that was almost 4″ greater than the previous record from 1923.
Karen Madden and Chris Mueller Wausau Daily Herald Wed, 04 Apr 2018 19:51 UTC
A spring snowstorm set daily snowfall records in Appleton, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Wausau and several other Wisconsin cities on Tuesday.
The storm dumped 6.4 inches of snow in Appleton, 8.1 inches in Green Bay, 4.4 inches in Oshkosh and 9.3 inches in Wausau — all daily records in those cities, according to the National Weather Service in Green Bay.
Other cities set records too: Antigo at 7.5 inches, Marshfield at 7.2 inches, Merrill at 7.3 inches, Stevens Point at 8.2 inches, Sturgeon Bay at 11 inches and Wisconsin Rapids at 7.9 inches.
A few parts of Waupaca and Oconto counties got nearly a foot of snow during the two-day snowstorm, but most of the region got between 6 and 8 inches.
A spring storm dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula and is blamed for creating hazardous road conditions seen as a factor in three traffic deaths.
A spring storm dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula, creating hazardous road conditions and blamed in at least three traffic deaths.
The stretch of 84th Street between Giles Road and Harrison Street
A record low temperature was set in Omaha early Wednesday.
Eppley Airfield's overnight low at 4:16 a.m. was 13 degrees, breaking the 1899 record of 18 degrees for April 4.
Grand Island also set a record low of 14, breaking the previous record of 16, set in 1920.
Thursday's high should reach the mid-50s. The Omaha area will have another shot for accumulating snow Friday. And another record low may be set early Saturday.
Patrick Thorne Inthesnow Mon, 02 Apr 2018 18:18 UTC
Snow depths in the Alps have passed the 7m mark for what is believed to be the first time in many years.
Engelberg in Switzerland, which has reported the deepest base in the world for much of winter 17-18, somewhere above 6m/20 feet, reported 145cm (just under five feet) of snowfall in the past 7 days, again the biggest total for the Alps this week, and now reports its upper slope base at 7.4m - nearly 25 feet.
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Comment: Winter in the US has been brutal, but it's reflective of a much wider trend: