Easy Pass

Like in many cases with weather, sometimes it just depends on where you are.  Both Reading and Allentown came into this last rain event about two inches below the normal monthly total.  I thought both had a good chance to pass the monthly total of about 3.6 inches in both locations just 10 days into the month.  Well Allentown fell short by about four tenths of an inch.  Reading passed the average total by almost an inch.  Mount Pocono ended up with the highest total I've seen in the area with over fives inches.  Imagine if this had been snow.

If I told you things were going to warm up, cool down, warm up and cool down would you really be surprised?  Things look seasonable in the short term before taking a slight dip down early next week, only to rebound to near 60 by the end of the week.  Things turn cooler again with that pesky chance of snow still in the forecast.  In fact, if I take a picture of the local radar, this is what it looks like. 

Blue is snow, green rain and pick a mix.  Of course you can't really see intensity nor if this is even making it to the ground, but regardless, it's approaching mid-March and we still see chances for snow for virtually the entire area. 

The next possible major system looks to be heading our way around March 21st or 22nd.  Some have indicated a chance of snow with the system and others have pulled back and expect just another round of heavy rain.  Looks like my six inch prediction is going to be pretty accurate.  And sadly for some of us, it appears as though the snow is over.  I keep seeing snow popping up in long range forecasts to only disappear a day later.  At this time of the season so many things have to line up that I think it just isn't going to happen anymore.

Next post will be my first and rather lengthy post about climate that I have been working on.  Exciting!