Weekly Weather Watch: Monday, March 11th, 2024
A doozy of a storm system is trying to set up over the Western and Southwestern United States this week, near a spot that can produce a lot of snowfall in Colorado. Colorado folks, the latest is posted to Weather5280.com for you. Here are the weather headlines you’ll see/hear this week:
Monday brings heavy wet snow to the Great Lakes region toward New England and parts of Canada’s Maritimes.
Multiple rounds of rain and heavy snow to hit the West into the Central Rockies. Fire danger increases across the Central and Southern Plains from wind, warmth, and dry conditions ahead of the system mentioned to hit the West.
Severe weather will start of lots of rainfall from the Southern Plains into the Southeastern U.S. Heavy precipitation will hit the Southeastern U.S. later this week, followed by the potential for impactful cold from here toward the Midwest next week. Windy weather will hit the eastern third of the U.S. from the weekend through next week, too.
Across Canada, the next week to ten days brings chances for snow for the mountains and additional snowfall for Eastern MB and ON to the Maritimes without too much snow for the prairies of AB or SK. A strong shot of cold air may move in from Alaska, across the Northwest toward central and eastern Provinces next week.
For Hawaii, strong trades and increased moisture will mean increased chances for moisture through mid-week.
Let’s get to the storm animation for the next ten days:
With that storm flow in mind, how much total water is expected? Here is the estimated total through the next ten days (inches).
And, of that how much is snow? Here is that estimate in inches. Notice the focus on Colorado and New England to the Maritimes.
We will need to watch for some potential cold in the next two weeks, too. Here are weekly snippets showing that trend as cold air over Alaska moves east and south from this week into next:
Okay, that wraps up the biggest weather stories for the next week to ten days. I hope it is a good week. Blessings, Matt.
The weather pattern is about to make a pretty sharp turn across the country. California starts the week with unusual October heat, including highs well into the 90s and even lower 100s in the Central Valley. Meanwhile, much cooler fall air has reached the Great Lakes and Northeast. The Gulf Coast and Southeast stay unsettled, and there’s that record to watch: a tropical depression is likely to develop over the Gulf this week and could strengthen as it moves northeast. If it becomes a hurricane after the 8th, 2026 will have the latest-first hurricane in the Atlantic Basin record.