Thursday, March 20, 2014

Spring Outlook Morbid for Midwesterners



The northern tier of states from the eastern Great Lakes to Montana are expected to have a colder-than-average April - June, according to a spring outlook released Thursday by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center.

The month of April alone is expected to feature below-average temperatures from the Northeast Seaboard to the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes, northern Plains and northern Rockies.

On the other end of the spectrum, generally warmer-than-average conditions are expected in April - June from the West Coast and Desert Southwest, spreading into the rest of the nation's southern tier from Texas and Oklahoma to Florida and parts of the Carolinas.


In short, the stubborn pattern in place much of the winter is expected to persist into spring, namely, a northward bulge in the polar jet stream into Alaska and northwest Canada, and a corresponding southward dip in the jet stream over the central and eastern U.S., ushering in persistent bouts of cold air to the Midwest and parts of the East.

Read more...
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-forecast/spring-outlook-midwest-northeast-south-west-cold-flood-threat-20140320

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