April 8th, 2008 Forecast
Now: Cloudy skies and cool east winds are keeping temperatures down in the mid to upper 40's. Just a couple hundred miles west (Pittsburgh) temperatures are in the mid 60's today with mostly sunny skies. That warm weather will get here...eventually, but it's going to take a couple of days to do so.
Tonight: Clouds continue and some patchy drizzle is possible at the coast. East winds will slacken off to 5 to 10 mph and temperatures will hold generally in the 38-43 range overnight, with little temperature change from today's cool weather.
Tomorrow: Temperatures will vary a good bit based on location and how much sun you get. We should all start off cloudy in the region but during the afternoon some breaks in the clouds will develop and we should see some periods of sunshine as the marine influence continues to lessen its grip and we get some dry air to erode the cloud deck a fair amount. Temperatures will generally be coolest along the coast and warmest over Berks and Central PA as they see the most sunshine and be the farthest away from any leftover marine overcast and a 60 degree reading or two is not out of the question west and north of the city. Philadelphia should get to 57, which is still below normal but not as cool as past days.
The warming trend is still on and temperatures could make a run at 70 on Thursday, Friday, and perhaps Saturday (depending on timing with the front) as we see a warm up take place in advance of a strong storm system that will develop across the Plains and move through the Midwest. This storm system will bring some significant severe weather to the Midwest and Southern Plains states in one of the potentially larger severe weather outbreaks in 2008.Minnesnowta: Nearly two feet of snow fell in Northern Minnesota this past weekend from a strong winter storm that brought heavy thundersnow. Areas near Bemidji (click the photo to see what the area looks like during the summer) received nearly two feet of snow, with other heavy snowfall totals of over 18" near Park Rapids and Cass Lake. The golden snow shovel is awarded to Virginia, which got 32" of snow. These photos from WDIO.com show what most of us have been "missing out on" this winter.
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