Weather Forecast:
Part 1: SNOWSTORMS...
Part 2: Once the warm comes back, it is here to stay...
Part 3: Westport Weather...
Part 1:
WOW... Well i can't stress enough how much I've talked about this cold weather and even snow coming over the past couple of weeks and most of you thought it was pretty much crazy considering temps were in the 70's!!!! It was just yesterday when the public channels and websites started talking and forecasting this cold. For example, Accuweather.com said nothing about cold or snow two days ago and then yesterday headlines quickly went to, "don't give up on Winter yet in the Northeast" and, "snow in the Northeast". Weather.Com's 10 day forecast went cold and snowy too, and local northeastern channels followed... Now before you freak out, let's go over the details like the extent of this cold. Well you've noticed a cool down over the past several days from 70's to 50's and 60's... Not too bad, right? Last night and today it began raining, this is the rain that is going to at least start the cold, but not immediately... First it will clear out for everyone by late tomorrow and maybe even begin to clear for some from South to North... It will still be in the 50's and 60's so nothing bad yet... But the wind will pick up later tomorrow and make it feel more like the 40's... Then on Friday a storm passes to the southern end of the northeast... With the storm cool air is pulled from the north causing the possibility of snow on the northern edge of the precip... Now how far north that precip goes isn't very clear right now, but i can say the models have been shifting it further to the north... For now i can say that I-80 and 25-50 miles to the north is most likely to have the snow... So we shall watch that... Now after that storm, really cold air pours in the temps back to the lower 40's for the major cities and upper 30's to the north... Then we have what looks like a major system Monday into Wednesday which has the cold air stage set so... I think you can put two and two together and see that we have the potential for a major snowstorm early next week... But it is far too early to tell... However, after that storm the air with briefly become very cold, probably the coldest, before becoming closer to normal again... I will probably have a snow map tomorrow posted so that you can see where the snow is likely to hit on Friday... That's it for now... Check back soon for more on the potential for cold and snow...
Part 2:
Well, after the storm early next week it will briefly get very cold, and then turn back to average and the models are clear when they say 2-3 weeks from now spring will be here for good... Meaning i will say that after April 1st we will be completely in the clear for good; no more real snow or cold for the northeast!!!! So there's the good news for the day!!!! I know this was a short section but i thought it was important to know, especially after the cold and snowy section, that spring will return and is here to stay... That's it for now..
Part 3:
Hey everyone! Last night was a very wet one, and it turns out lots of people had there power out... My update late last night talked all about the power outage here and i now know it was actually in many spots around Westport... Believe it or not, i still do not know what caused it... It may have actually been UN weather related or a test, but i can't say that for sure... Anyways, onto the real weather... On and off showers will continue throughout the night and eventually come to an end right around midnight... Tomorrow morning will be very cloudy, but clearing quickly and windy, with winds gusting probably close to 40 mph at times... Thursday will be a very similar day, although the wind will be calming down... Believe it or not, by Friday we may have wet snow on our hands, but it is too soon to say for sure... All i can say is that it looks like we're going to have a cool down on the way for the area...
-Scott Pecoriello
