March 2026 Mid-Long Range

[MDSnow93]

My weather app has me in the 80s on Monday and Tuesday.. God I hope that's wrong. Leave that crap for May and beyond

[J.Mike]

Randy and Mappy: if we get 5" of snow at DCA in March, I'll make reservations.

[paulythegun]

[paulythegun]

Not perfect but not a bad window.

 

[stormy]

22 hours ago, CAPE said:

Boilerplate.

You must have looked at AIFS.

I agree that we still have a few weeks, elevation adjusted.  I don't consider my region out of the snow season until April 15.   BUT, the tide is going out...................

[frd]

1 hour ago, paulythegun said:

 

WPO set to dive to levels not seen in many years. 

 

 

 

[stormtracker]

2 hours ago, J.Mike said:

Randy and Mappy: if we get 5" of snow at DCA in March, I'll make reservations.

Go ahead and make those reservations

[stormtracker]

1 hour ago, paulythegun said:

Not perfect but not a bad window.

 

End of run Euro was gearing up for something good.   If we know anything, it's to trust a model 360 hours out.

[CAPE]

Maybe here-

And here-

As @frd posted, the WPO is tanking, plus the Polar Vortex is on our side, as advertised. Need to time something and hope its not just cold chasing a storm that tracks to our NW. Intriguing at the very least.

[CAPE]

31 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Maybe here-

And here-

As @frd posted, the WPO is tanking, plus the Polar Vortex is on our side, as advertised. Need to time something and hope its not just cold chasing a storm that tracks to our NW. Intriguing at the very least.

Something like the 12z euro did here-

[Terpeast]

Just now, CAPE said:

Something like the 12z euro did here-

Cold chasing precip, let’s hope a better defined wave develops along that boundary. 

[CAPE]

10 minutes ago, Terpeast said:

Cold chasing precip, let’s hope a better defined wave develops along that boundary. 

Plenty of time. Nice to see an iteration that depicts a possible shortwave along the boundary at this juncture. As is its close to something decent.

[JenkinsJinkies]

This is going to be one of those years where the trees are still bare on April Fool’s Day isn’t it?

[Stormchaserchuck1]

4 hours ago, frd said:

WPO set to dive to levels not seen in many years. 

It doesn't look that impressive on the H5. Ongoing +NAO looks just as impressive. 

+NAO/-WPO if we get a frozen storm, it's more likely to be ice than snow. 

[konksw]

1 hour ago, JenkinsJinkies said:

This is going to be one of those years where the trees are still bare on April Fool’s Day isn’t it?

Seems like the mild next week should cause some things to pop. 

[Stormchaserchuck1]

0z GFS with a 80F sounding for DC March 11. 

NWS has it anyway

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 80.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.

Wednesday

Partly sunny, with a high near 79

[JenkinsJinkies]

Looks like the dry pattern is actually dying with the Niña this time.

[Stormchaserchuck1]

3 hours ago, Stormchaserchuck1 said:

It doesn't look that impressive on the H5.

0z GEFS look much stronger with -WPO in the medium range. I'm going to have to learn that the EPS has much better accuracy than GEFS. 

[Herb@MAWS]

Columbia:  0.58” liquid Tuesday plus Wednesday, including 1.1” snow Tuesday. 

[snowfan]

This seems to be a good summary right now of the mid/long range…..enjoy next week before fake spring ends the following week. 

[Jebman]

I am no meteorologist, and I am also no expert hobbyist.

But what are the chances of the eastern US getting impacted by a second SSW in March? Could there be another wave of extreme cold weather in the Eastern US and could that bring more snows to the Mid Atlantic this month?

[WxUSAF]

GGEM slush MECS next Friday!

[EastCoast NPZ]

3 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

GGEM slush MECS next Friday!

Awesome!  Hours of non-accumulating snow is the best!  Especially on the heels of 11F sleet storms!

[MDSnow93]

6 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

GGEM slush MECS next Friday!

Money panel 

[NorthArlington101]

14 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

GGEM slush MECS next Friday!

Lock it in!

[stormtracker]

53 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

GGEM slush MECS next Friday!

 

48 minutes ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

Awesome!  Hours of non-accumulating snow is the best!  Especially on the heels of 11F sleet storms!

 

39 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said:

Lock it in!

Here we go yall.   GGEM is always right in the long range baby! 

[JVscotch]

Not saying the Canadian is right but you can see the EURO now putting a high right behind that Thursday front to our north.  If you briefly have enough spacing with the lows in the flow and it undercuts, could get a sneaky wave that works.  Of course long shot, but you can see that wave on the GFS and IMO Euro trend somewhat towards it.