February 28th, 2008 Forecast
This evening: Those snow showers that are moving through Philadelphia at this hour will be departing over the next hour and should fall apart as the sun sets and daytime heating escapes into the atmosphere. We will have breezy and progressively chilly conditions through tonight with skies eventually clearing off later tonight.Low temperatures will range from the teens in the north and west to the low 20's in Philadelphia, South Jersey, and Delaware. With winds gusting up to 20 mph at times tonight wind chills could drop down into the single digits, with the potential of some near zero wind chills across the north and west later tonight.
Thursday will be a mostly sunny but cold day. Winds will be gusting to 20-25 mph from the northwest, bringing wind chills down into the teens and low 20's during the afternoon. High temperatures will end up ranging between the upper 20's north and west to the mid 30's down along the coast, with 34 my forecast for Philadelphia.
Friday's snow/rain event is still on track, with the best chances of snow being north of Philadelphia. Some parts of the Poconos could see a slushy 1-3" of accumulating snowfall Friday night and early Saturday from the frontal boundary, with coating to an inch type accumulations possible across the Lehigh Valley. Since temperatures Friday night will be marginal at best for snowfall, accumulations should be confined to grassy surfaces, cars, and untreated walks and roads north of the Philadelphia area. I'll fine tine the snowfall prediction and come up with a forecast for Friday night at some point during the day Thursday.January 2008 coldest in 26 years: While temperatures across the northern hemisphere reporting stations were the coldest in eight years this past January, the worldwide land mass temperature this past January was the coldest since 1982, with the global temperature below the 20th Century for the first time in 26 years. Ice cover in the Arctic is also ten to twenty centimeters (four to eight inches) thicker than normal in many places according to Canadian climate scientists. While some blame the lack of solar sunspot activity and others blame La Nina, this is definitely an interesting observation to see take place this winter. However, one month of data does not make a trend so the global cooling ice age alarmists should take warm solace in the fact that glaciers won't be advancing down I-95 any time soon.
Total Eclipse of the Radar: The Eclipse weather radar system was approved today by the Federal Aviation Administration. This doppler radar system will be used on Eclipse jets, which are small personal jets for those who can afford them. If you want, you can check out their website and build your own jet.
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