[Cambium]

Anyone remember April 7th, 1982? 10-20" fell in parts of CT.

[wavehunter007]

Originally Posted by jp03

Its the final chapter of the year for snow and heat miser!

...or maybe the final time that a winter fan can look for that 99-yard pass with 0.02 left in the game.

[7 Wishes]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Anyone remember April 7th, 1982? 10-20" fell in parts of CT.

Or more recently April 7, 2003? (Albeit I don't think it stuck well to the roads anywhere, but even NYC got 4-5" out of that one). Also (though I don't remember amounts), there was some April snow during the record 1995-96 winter.

As for 1982, interesting side note is that it was a slightly below average winter snow-wise up until then.

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by 7 Wishes

Or more recently April 7, 2003? (Albeit I don't think it stuck well to the roads anywhere, but even NYC got 4-5" out of that one). Also (though I don't remember amounts), there was some April snow during the record 1995-96 winter.

As for 1982, interesting side note is that it was a slightly below average winter snow-wise up until then.

That is a very interesting side note. You're very knowledgeable with history. Thanks!

Solar Winter is Nov, Dec, Jan.
Meteorological winter is Dec, Jan, Feb.
Astronomical Winter is Dec. 21st - March 21st
My Winter is November 17 - April 27. Its not Spring until May around here according to me. lol Hence the end of frost date isn't until May.

Frost, snow, ice, temps under 40 are all winter related.

[wavehunter007]

Absolutely…but as we know the hype can both ways:

Anyone remember April 7, 2010 (Last Year)? It hit 92 F in Central Park and Bridgeport, Connecticut hit 81 F, people down here on the coast were in shorts and T-shirts at the Beach. Remember April 2002 – cracked 90 F on April 12th...and again on April 22, and the dew points were near 73 F (like in Kingston, Jamaica).

I think it’s important to know that the media market tries to spin weather in the most profitable direction. Its less about weather, and more about marketing. Look at Gil Simmons at Channel 8 - he made a career out of spinning winter weather (which he is a big fan of). He shows us vid clips in April of snow (lol).

[Cambium]

My my...Next 7 days looks like a winter forecast... So many people are going to be pissed. 20s, 30s, Sleet, Snow, Rain, we'll have everything this week. I wonder how that Yellow sun is doing.

SOURCE: 7-Day Forecast for Latitude 41.38°N and Longitude 73.46°W

[jp03]

Originally Posted by wavehunter007

Absolutely…but as we know the hype can both ways:

Anyone remember April 7, 2010 (Last Year)? It hit 92 F in Central Park and Bridgeport, Connecticut hit 81 F, people down here on the coast were in shorts and T-shirts at the Beach. Remember April 2002 – cracked 90 F on April 12th...and again on April 22, and the dew points were near 73 F (like in Kingston, Jamaica).

I think it’s important to know that the media market tries to spin weather in the most profitable direction. Its less about weather, and more about marketing. Look at Gil Simmons at Channel 8 - he made a career out of spinning winter weather (which he is a big fan of). He shows us vid clips in April of snow (lol).

Haha..you are like a broken record..

[HeadedWest]

Originally Posted by jp03

Haha..you are like a broken record..

That is a two-way street.

[jp03]

Originally Posted by HeadedWest

That is a two-way street.

HAhha...touche!

[Cambium]

In case someone was wondering how we get winter weather in late March. Sun and Ocean have some play in weather but a small fraction of it.

There is a Canadien High Pressure North of us...There is a High pressure south of us. The Canadien high is stronger than the Gulf High which means cold air will filter in and lock in..

Moisture from the south will be in the form of rain this time of year...BUT... a system like next weeks is coming from the West and NorthWest which means less warmth is involved. And because the Gulf High will be weaker, The system will have to steer around and under that High to our North.. So the northern edge of the storm is over us.

With that said.... Guess what happens when that Canadien High retreats north more? ..... The system has room to move North which means more warmer air would filter in.

With that said ... Last 3 models have a north trend becuase that high pressure to our North shifted north more..So now the mix comes into play. You also have to look at the different layers of the atmosphere..I use the 850mb but occasional look at the 500mb. 850mb is 7000 feet up.

I hope this helped someone understand how we can get cold and winter precip in late March....