Is It Really March?

Ok, so I am just about completely recovered from my trip to Amsterdam and Ireland. It was quite the time with many stories, most of which are not fit for publication! We will just leave it at that with one quick footnote, the weather for my 6 days in Ireland was perfect! No rain and sunshine the majority of the time with temps in the low 50's. Absolutely perfect.

Now back to reality. Snow? Yes. It is coming and yes it is pretty normal to get snow in early spring. This winter has been up and down with its snowiness. When it snows, it comes in bunches. When it doesn't, we get nothing for weeks. Well the snow is back. But don't expect anything like we saw in January.

With that being said, it is already snowing out as I speak. Not much to speak of with this system. Expect 1-2 inches on grass and cars overnight but I doubt it sticks to the roads. More like 3-5 inches as you head further south.

The problem is the cold air doesn't want to go away. It will continue to be below normal temperature wise over the next 7-10 days. The cold air will keep getting reinforced by our old winter friend, a strong blocking high pressure system sitting over Greenland. That high won't move for the next week. Meaning cold but fairly quiet weather for us. While much of the rest of the country will be experiencing some pretty wild weather. So I suppose it could be worse.


For those aching for spring to come, patience. It will be here soon. With every passing day, we continue to get more sunshine from an increasingly stronger sun. Warm weather is realistically 3-4 weeks away.