OK...I'm ready for sunshine and warm temperatures

This is the time of year that I really start to get tired of Winter.  I mean seriously. Come on already...go away! 

We should be seeing daytime highs in the upper 30s.  It's been awhile since we've been there. The bright spot in the forecast is that it looks like Wednesday we should recover to normal. Woo! Hoo! That should last for about 3 days until we cool down again.  However it does appear that daily highs should be mostly above freezing (at times not by much) for the week after this...that would be the 1st week of March. 

Slowly we shall dig our way out of this.  

Till then, stay warm!

Looks like a typical February week

Looks like a typical February week is coming up for us. Temperature will be up and down as will the weather....snow then rain, then snow. Of note will be a mid-week storm system that will pull out of the midwest and likely head up through lower Michigan giving us a warm day Wednesday followed by a much colder day Thursday. We saw a similar pattern last week although I don't think we will get quite as warm the day before the cold front passes as we did last week. No 50s this week...just 40s.

A smack in the face

Yeah, well today was a smack in the face back to reality. I really enjoyed that touch of Spring earlier in the week, but here we go, back to February-type weather. The good news is that while some overnight temperatures will dip back to the very cold levels, daytime highs will at least be near or slightly above freezing.  I  still see a period of below normal temperatures for the rest of the week and the weekend (normal highs should by in the upper 30s), but at least it's not going to be "January cold!"

The January thaw a few weeks late

Ah...it felt so good (psychologically) to wake up Sunday morning and see the green grass. OK, so it was muddy green, but at least it was reassuring to know that the grass was still there. I had begun to wonder if we would ever see it again.  LOL

So, just for fun, I went back and checked the official records for the month of January and the first week of February. You know what? It really was as cold as it seemed in January. Going into this weekend, we had only 10 days so far this year when the temperature made it above freezing. But, alas, things are changing.

This upcoming week is looking pretty good. Monday will be a tad cool, but then we'll warm up again on Tuesday and Wednesday, then cool down a bit on Thursday and Friday. The normal daytime high should be in the upper 30s so at least we are getting back on track...and the sun is shining again, too!

Enjoy!

Whew!

It looks like our early predictions are going to be realized. Unless our next storm system really pulls a fast on one us, the "big" storm early in the week is going to head up the east coast. For us that means not much in the way of snowfall...probably an inch or so late Monday and Tuesday. That's a good thing because we are running out places to put the snow we already have. I cringe every time I pull out onto the highway because I can't see around the snow piles to see if anybody is coming down the road to hit me.  So far so good. :-)

If you plan to travel to the east on Monday or Tuesday you may need to check ahead because there could be some weather delays along the coast and in New England. 

Another big storm next week?

Looks like another big winter storm is brewing for early next week.  The storm will form in the southwest, move to the Gulf coast states, then zip up the east coast. What this means for us will be determined by the exact track of the storm. I mean, this thing could produce another major snowfall and possibly blizzard or near blizzard conditions in Pennsylvania and New York State. At the moment, it appears that we will be on the west edge of the storm meaning some snow and some wind, but the bulk of the nasty weather should be off to our east, but stay tuned! Last weekend's storm looked like it wasn't gonna be that big of a deal either and we ended up with a foot of snow!

The north side of a storm heading east

Looks  like we are going to be on the north edge of a storm heading east. The Greater Akron area will see snow develop during the afternoon Tuesday and continue into Wednesday midday before ending. The really nasty stuff (heavier snow and ice) will remain south of here, but a snowfall of 3-5 inches is likely by Wednesday morning with another inch or so before midday on Wednesday. So, get out the snow shovels and snow plows...along with the skis and snow boards.  Here we go again.