Spring Equinox occurred early this morning at 12:48 am ushering in the official start to Spring. It doesn't necessarily feel like spring and likely won't for quite some time.
In fact, parts of southeastern ND and northeastern SD are under winter weather advisories through Friday afternoon for accumulating snowfall. Looks like a decent shot, as well, with 6 inches plus possible.
As long as it's somewhere else, I'm happy.
Happy Spring, everyone!
We officially hit the 40° mark today... Not only did it feel wonderful, it's making a great dent on the snow-cover. Late last week, I reported the first sighting of grass in nearly 4 months and we now have very large areas of brown grass around the area.
That strong March sun is working it's magic, for sure.
Here are the official numbers from GFK this afternoon:
Site Time Tmp Dpt %RH W/H Wdr Wsp
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KGFK Mar 18 1753UTC 40 30 67 33 NW 12
KGFK Mar 18 1853UTC 43 28 55 NNW 10
KGFK Mar 18 1953UTC 43 30 60 NNW 12
KGFK Mar 18 2053UTC 43 28 55 NW 10
KGFK Mar 18 2153UTC 43 25 49 NW 12
KGFK Mar 18 2253UTC 43 27 53 NW 7
KGFK Mar 18 2353UTC 40 26 57 36 NW 6
Another major winter storm is continuing over the Ohio Valley late tonight... As you can see to the right, the Columbus, Ohio area is simply getting dumped on at the present time. Areas of southern Indiana and portions of central Ohio, stretching into northeastern Ohio and northwestern PA are going to receive a hefty accumulation out of this system. It wouldn't surprise me to see a few spots with well over a foot of snow, especially over central and northeastern Ohio through late tonight.
Lots of Gulf and Atlantic moisture wrapping into this system currently with southerly winds aloft acting as a potent conveyor belt. Add to that plenty of cold air and you're bound to see lots of snow. High pressure over the western Great Lakes is contributing to problems as well, providing a tight gradient and thusly blizzard conditions over parts of southeastern Indiana and western Ohio.
It isn't particularly rare to see major winter storms during the early part of March in this part of the country but it isn't exactly common either. Hopefully, not for just those people in the Ohio Valley, but us at work, this will be the last major winter storm there for the rest of the winter.
Spring is technically only a couple of weeks away, right?
For those of you that may be looking for information on the upcoming 2008 Nrn Plains Convective Workshop, I have some news to pass along.
I found out today on the dates, at least. The Bismarck WFO will be hosting the Workshop this year on April 8th and 9th. This falls on a Tuesday and Wednesday.
I don't have any specifics as far as locations, agendas, or anything else at this point, but I will certainly update you as I get more information.
You know spring is just around the corner, when you start planning for the Convective Workshop. I'm anxious for it... It's a great workshop and it's been better and better each year. I'm very curious what type of presentations we'll see.
Stay tuned for more updates...
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