Here’s what I take from today’s various discussions form all different places:
1. A major storm will develop along the east coast this weekend, and deliver much needed rain to parts, if not all of the tri state area. Timing is most likely going to be Sunday night into Monday, and possibly beyond if the storm slows to a crawl, but the evolution is still in doubt. The only outlet throwing out amounts that I could find was our forecast office in Upton, which hinted at up to two inches of rain if everything comes together.
2. Paul Pastelok, the Long Range Guru at Accuweather.com was quoted in a story today saying that the pattern will be conducive to more rainfall as we head into May. This idea is supported nicely by Joe Bastardi over at Weatherbell.
3. Barring a complete miss to our south or a fade too far out to sea, this storm this weekend COULD be the beginning of the end for the mini-drought we’ve been experiencing from the late fall to the present day. In addition, the prospects of summer-like temperatures are going to be sparse the next week to ten days, and there is support for below-normal temps with the storm threat in the day 6-10 time period, according to NOAA. Thereafter, towards the latter half of the week next week, warmer temps may try to make inroads for the last weekend in April.
No comments:
Post a Comment