The amazing thing about this warm wave is that there is no obvious end to it in sight. It appears that maybe during the middle of next week the pattern may break down a little bit with a frontal passage...but even the GFS points to 70s returning right afterward. This may go down as one of the warmest March months ever recorded.
Bugs will be awful this year. Lots of pest problems. The winter was mild and didn't really kill them off... plus it's been wet.. now it's an early start to Spring. Look for mosquitoes to fly in squadrons. They may even start a TOPGUN school for their finest. It’s going to be a bug spray kind of Summer around here.
Severe WX season is far from done. I believe April still has a shot at being terrible. Cold weather? Might return, but unlikely. Someone noted that we had a warm March in '07 I think it was...and then a killing freeze in April. I suppose that is very possible again this year..but it is unlikely. The shear persistence of this pattern we’ve seen since December has been nothing short of amazing.
I'm also growing worried about the possibility of Summer drought...but I don’t even want to think about that right now. Let’s focus on March/April and the warmth and storms it may bring.
Basking in 70s tomorrow afternoon:
Shawn
There's a lot of cold air still looming in Canada and when and if it reaches the gulf warmth and moisture I'm afraid it will spawn horrible weather. Things are way worse today than I ever expected. I don't think we'll see storms to the magnitude of March 2 but bad ones none the less! Thanks for the update :)
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