March 2026 Mid-Long Range

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

3 hours ago, stormtracker said:

It’s happening. 

Even if it does happen, I still wouldn't ever vote for Ron Paul or Rand Paul...However, RuPaul may be more entertaining!!! 

[CAPE]

4 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

It’s gonna snow and you just gotta get your mind right son.   It’s happening. 

I'm not opposed to it. There are some things to like about the LW pattern on the ens means. I posted about it yesterday. Op run snow maps tho.. 

I know, its what the kids like. (and Will)

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

4 minutes ago, CAPE said:

I'm not opposed to it. There are some things to like about the LW pattern on the ens means. I posted about it yesterday. Op run snow maps tho.. 

I know, its what the kids like. (and Will)

[CAPE]

12z EPS precip for the window of interest-

Nothing is etched in stone ofc, but this is more useful as a forecast tool at this range than volatile op runs.

 

 

[mitchnick]

2 minutes ago, CAPE said:

12z EPS precip for the window of interest-

Nothing is etched in stone ofc, but this is more useful as a forecast tool at this range than volatile op runs.

 

 

It'll drift south over the coming days.

[CAPE]

Just now, mitchnick said:

It'll drift south over the coming days.

Is that a weenie rule? 

[mitchnick]

11 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Is that a weenie rule? 

For this year it is. 

[Blizzard of 93]

59 minutes ago, mitchnick said:

It'll drift south over the coming days.

12z AI EPS for the period.

The ingredients are there, we just need a specific chance or two to track in the window.

[bncho]

back end snow action on the euro for march 12

[NorthArlington101]

23 minutes ago, bncho said:

back end snow action on the euro for march 12

Snow TV per surface temps but wouldn’t complain 

[ravensrule]

44 minutes ago, bncho said:

back end snow action on the euro for march 12

The back end always works out. 

[Stormchaserchuck1]

I feel like we've been tracking this warmup forever. NWS has DC hitting 83F on Wednesday! While it's still technically Winter! 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

27 minutes ago, Stormchaserchuck1 said:

I feel like we've been tracking this warmup forever. NWS has DC hitting 83F on Wednesday! While it's still technically Winter! 

Well, I recall March 2012 was insanely warm (+9 departure at DCA for the month), DCA hit 80+ degrees four times.  Only two nighttime lows at or below freezing, the rest were well above.  The cherry blossoms were essentially finished blooming by St. Patrick's Day since they came out very early.  I believe that was an extremely warm month for much of the eastern third of the country.

(ETA:  In fact, I remember seeing that some location in upper Michigan had a low temperature one day that was a few degrees warmer than the previous record HIGH for that particular date; it also of course broke a new record high).

[Stormchaserchuck1]

7 minutes ago, Scarlet Pimpernel said:

Well, I recall March 2012 was insanely warm (+9 departure at DCA for the month), DCA hit 80+ degrees four times.  Only two nighttime lows at or below freezing, the rest were well above.  The cherry blossoms were essentially finished blooming by St. Patrick's Day since they came out very early.  I believe that was an extremely warm month for much of the eastern third of the country.

(ETA:  In fact, I remember seeing that some location in upper Michigan had a low temperature one day that was a few degrees warmer than the previous record HIGH for that particular date; it also of course broke a new record high).

An interesting thing about March 2012 was actually how cold it was in the N. Hemisphere

I recall almost hitting 90F that month

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

10 minutes ago, Stormchaserchuck1 said:

An interesting thing about March 2012 was actually how cold it was in the N. Hemisphere

I recall almost hitting 90F that month

Interesting.  Looks like most of the cold was on the other side of the hemisphere, as well as that strip of colder across northern Canada and AK.  I would imagine given that distribution, a huge and persistent ridge over the eastern half to 2/3 of North America and another over much of Europe/Scandinavia (though not as warm there).

It's kind of reminiscent of how warm December 2015 was here (similar warm departure).  I'm just grateful we got those large departures in December and March, and not a +9 in July!!!