[Arm&Hammer]

I highly doubt a snow storm to come in... keep on praying

[Mixum]

i highly doubt this warm weather continues

[Cambium]

And there's the 80s folks. Enjoy Hartford.

Current temps as of 3pm.

[Arm&Hammer]

Originally Posted by Mixum

i highly doubt this warm weather continues

It will continue its already spring since today is what the first day of spring?...and was it last year that april when up to a 90s? I forgot which years it was.

[GraniteStater]

It's going to get cooler soon and I am very pleased. Way too many motorcyclists out already. Some trees trying to come out in NH, and lows will be in the low 20s by next week.

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by GraniteStater

It's going to get cooler soon and I am very pleased. Way too many motorcyclists out already. Some trees trying to come out in NH, and lows will be in the low 20s by next week.

Lilacs, pear tree and even Japanese Maples budding. Poor trees. They get salt from Tropics, radation from Japan. Excessive waters. Wind. Weight of snow. Late leaf change from warmth. Early budding from warmth. Dry ground. It's safe to say they have been under a lot of stress lately.

[CarolinaOnMyMind]

So sorry heat meisers, but that's what you get for a mild winter.

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[Cambium]

March 29th Storm Update:

So its not disappearing from the models yet. Latest Euro shows a Clipper on the 28th-29th. Then a storm that comes from Maine and moves southwards on the 30th.

3-6" for Eastern Half of NY, Eastern Vermont, Eastern MA , Northern NH, most of Maine and as far south as NWCT. 6-9" for Adirondaks.

[Cambium]

Since Record highs were broken all over the place I'll just post CTs to keep it cleaner.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
420 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT HARTFORD CT...

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 83 DEGREES WAS SET AT BRADLEY
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN WINDSOR LOCKS TODAY AT 325 PM. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 75 SET IN 1948.

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
501 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT BRIDGEPORT CT...

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 71 DEGREES WAS SET AT BRIDGEPORT CT TODAY AT 4:59 PM. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 63 SET IN 2003.

[wavehunter007]

Originally Posted by Arm&Hammer

It will continue its already spring since today is what the first day of spring?...and was it last year that april when up to a 90s? I forgot which years it was.

As far as “warm weather”…we should keep in mind that the very warm temps of late basically used up what was left of the time when “cold weather” has a chance of occurring. By next week, all area NWS stations have modestly warm daytime highs (50 – 55 F) and the mean high for the month of April is into the 60’s at all area NWS stations. So even if we stayed right at absolute normal (I don’t see that right now), temps would have to average well below normal to see anything even remotely cold. We might see a few fleeting frosty nights here and there in parts of Connecticut, the lower Hudson Valley, and interior New Jersey before mid April…but otherwise there seems to be little chance of any truly cold air reaching us again mid November.

It will not be THIS warm heading into next week…yet mean temps STILL look to be above normal for the East Coast for the last week of the month. In fact, as a low comes across the Plains late next week (28- 30th) - don’t be surprised to see another warm surge into the Tri-State/Middle Atlantic region. We could again see highs approach 65 - 70 F across the area.

As far as the medium term - most still think April and May should average above normal for much of the eastern USA. One of the theories on this is that it has been hotter and drier than normal this past winter/early spring to our south; Most NWS stations in the subtropical Gulf and south Atlantic states (Texas to South Carolina) are in modest drought mode already. Dry soil seems to create more arid conditions and chronic high pressure. This could translate into frequent sunny and hot conditions for the Gulf/South Atlantic region... and any southerly advection would send that heat surging northward right toward us. So it would not surprise me at all - if we had a semi-warm/or close to normal April, then May turned hot, and June – Sept was even hotter than out typically hot summer. I would watch the drought from South Carolina southward/westward to the southern Plains for clues about late spring/summer/early fall temps and rainfall for us.