Back to Winter???

The weather roller coaster that began during March is going to intensify during the first full week of April; this time with more lows than peaks. This past week we experienced high temperatures from the middle seventies (70's) on Sunday to the middle forties(40's) on Tuesday. Severe storms affected the nation from the Plain States to the Southeast with more than two dozen tornadoes reported.  The roller coaster pattern will continue during the upcoming week with wintry conditions from the Upper Midwest to the Northeast.  The semi-permanent Hudson Bay Low will make it self felt as it strengths and allows modified arctic air to make its way south. A series of clipper systems will affect the local area every few days beginning today. Each one will bring unseasonably cold air with the potential for snowfall after they pass.

Currently a strengthening clipper system is traveling through the central Great Lakes region. It is spreading light rain and snow showers in advance of it during the afternoon. Once it passes later this evening much colder air will move into the area. High temperatures in the forties (40's) will rapidly drop into the thirties(30's) with the rain changing over to all snow. Lake effect snow will be generated with an inch or less of accumulations for the Cleveland area; a few inches will be possible in the snow belt regions.  On Sunday the area will be mostly quiet and after a cold start in the upper twenties(20's) high temperatures should rise to around 40 degrees. In advance of the next system rain showers and snow showers across extreme Northeast Ohio will break out overnight.

On Monday a storm system will track just north of Ohio during the morning. Rain showers will be likely until the early afternoon before mixing and transitioning to snow showers later in the day. Little to no accumulations are expected. High temperatures near forty(40) will be reached early and then temperatures will drop during the day. Tuesday will be another chilly but quiet day as high temperatures will be a few degrees on either side of forty(40).

On Wednesday a strong low pressure system will move into the upper Midwest. Southerly winds will force much warmer conditions into the area as high temperatures rebound into the fifties(50's).  Rain showers will be increasingly likely during the afternoon and especially overnight. 

On Thursday the strong storm system will be moving through the region. Early temperatures in the forties should fall during the day and rain showers will mix and eventually change over to snow showers. Accumulations will be possible but should be minor where and if they occur.