By MARK HANOK
March was the third
straight month with below
normal precipitation, and it
looks like April will also
turn out to be drier than
normal.
There’s no way that we
can get heavy precipitation
when it’s so much warmer
to the north than to the
south.
Once again a powerful
storm system put into place
a wild reverse temperature
anomaly, and we got only
light rain when it should
have been a significant precipitation
event.
The jet stream will continue
out of the northwest,
and with these strong winds
aloft, most of the moisture
will stay to our south.
On Friday another storm
will move eastward from
the Ohio Valley, but it looks
like most of the rain will
fall across the central and
southern Appalachians and
the southeastern states.
After a partly sunny
morning, skies will be
mostly cloudy during the
afternoon with a few showers;
highs in the low 50s.
The best chance for a
steady rain is on Friday
night.
On Saturday, as another
major storm system takes
shape over the Rockies, low
pressure will slide east of
the Virginia coast on Saturday,
with rain over southeastern
New York and
southern New England.
We’ll get some light rain
or showers in the morning,
then mostly cloudy skies in
the afternoon; with a cool
northerly breeze, highs will
only be in the mid-40s.
Look for a major improvement
in the weather
for Easter Sunday.
Although a cool northerly
breeze will continue with
highs only from 45 to 50 degrees,
bright sunshine will
prevail all day.
As high pressure builds
eastward from the Great
Lakes, most sunny skies
will continue on Monday
and Tuesday.
Highs will be in the low
50s.
Mark Hanok is an Otegobased
meteorologist.
