Hello everyone!

Today will feature the arrival of the spring season at 12:57 PM. Here in Maine, the town of Waterford received 12″ of new snow. Madison NH picked up a whopping 13.5″. In Yarmouth, we got 1.5″ as well as some sleet, freezing rain and rain.

The rest of today will feature continued snow inland and continues rain at the coast. Highs inland will rise into the low 30’s and highs at the coast will jump into the mid 40’s! A stiff east wind will also make it feel raw this morning.

The passage of the front or “fropa” will occur at around 11 this morning. After this time, expect a few sunny breaks as well as a drier west wind and an end to precip.

While the calendar says it’s spring, Mother Nature has no such thoughts for the next 2-3 weeks. Look for more snow Saturday accumulating 1-3″ and more on Sunday accumulating less than an inch.

Sunday will also feature the passage of a strong cold front which will drop temps a good 10-15 degrees to start the week. Monday morning will be a cold one with lows in the double digits below 0.

Our next chance for a big storm arrives in the middle of next week. Unlike our weekend events, confidence is very low on this one but it looks like at the very least, the coast gets brushed with several inches.

While it is still far out, and there is still lots of uncertainty, the pattern is ripe for a big storm to form and ride up the coast. We have a fresh invasion of arctic air coming in and basic meteorology says to look for storms on the leading edge.

-Jack