No Spring In This Forecast

What’s happened has happened. What about the future?

Don’t ask!

It’s baseball season. It must be spring, right? Who am I kidding? This is spring like we’re out of the recession! A statistical case can be made, but no one believes either is happening any time soon.

Here are some snow totals from our overnight storm:

LITCHFIELD COUNTY...
NORFOLK 2.6 800 AM 4/01 CO-OP OBSERVER
BAKERSVILLE 2.5 700 AM 4/01 CO-OP OBSERVER
COLEBROOK LAKE 2.0 700 AM 4/01 CO-OP OBSERVER
THOMASTON DAM 1.5 700 AM 4/01 CO-OP OBSERVER

HARTFORD COUNTY...
COLLINSVILLE 1.8 744 AM 4/01 HAM RADIO
1 WNW WINDSOR LOCKS 1.3 700 AM 4/01 BRADLEY AIRPORT
ROCKY HILL 1.0 638 AM 4/01 HAM RADIO

...TOLLAND COUNTY...
TOLLAND 2.3 926 AM 4/01 SPOTTER
COVENTRY 1.5 731 AM 4/01 GENERAL PUBLIC
STAFFORDVILLE 1.0 500 AM 4/01 COOP

...WINDHAM COUNTY...
UNION 2.6 441 AM 4/01 HAM RADIO
EAST KILLINGLY 1.9 708 AM 4/01 SPOTTER
HAMPTON 1.5 700 AM 4/01 COOP

That’s water under the bridge. What’s happened has happened. What about the future?

Don’t ask!

The BUFKIT&#185 graph attached to the entry shows conditions at Bradley Airport over the next week as seen by the GFS model.

Gruesome!

There is only one day forecast above 50&#176! Worse, that ‘warmth’ comes overnight–a sign it’s being advected in as a storm approaches. It’s a strong enough storm that I wouldn’t write off the chance of thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon.

There are no major winter events predicted, but three of the days have a chance for a little sleet or snow. A little sure, but it’s April for heaven’s sake!

My forecast: Spring will continue to suck.

&#185 – BUFKIT displays the timeline right-to-left. The current day is on the right. Next Friday is on the left.

10 thoughts on “No Spring In This Forecast”

  1. Ugh, what a gruesome forecast Geoff. I have been looking forward to some warm weather. Not the 90 or 100 that summer brings, but a nice balmy 70 or 75 would be appreciated. This appears to be the winter that doesn’t want to end. Depressing indeed.

    Thanks again for your forecast. We won’t kill the messenger.

    1. Palm Springs:

      01 11:53 Calm 10.00 Fair CLR 99 25 7 29.79 1008.2
      01 10:53 Calm 10.00 Fair CLR 95 30 10 29.81 1008.9
      01 9:53 Calm 10.00 Fair CLR 89 39 17 29.82 1009.3
      01 8:53 Calm 10.00 Fair CLR 82 44 26 29.82 1009.4

  2. I don’t mind 50 if that’s all it can do. 50 in April with occasional April showers, well, that’s okay (though certainly sunny and 65 would be much better). I just have this awful fear that this nasty pattern will continue through summer. After the hell we went through this winter we deserve a magnificent summer. A splendiflorous summer in fact. So say it isn’t so.

  3. And yes, I know all about Palm Springs, and San Diego, and Miami, and…well, as long as there is even a glimmer of a chance that my nephew and his wife might have a little one, I CAN’T move!

  4. I remember last spring was beautiful! Had my mustang convertible out at the end of March. It can only get better.
    Thanks Geoff!

  5. Spring sucks, indeed! What’s up with all this anyway? I can remember – way back in the day – when we had nice weather in April! But, it seems as though we haven’t had a “real” spring for some time. Anyway, thanks for giving us the opportunity to have YOUR forecast again. We really miss you!

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