WeatherFanatics: Chicago to NYC Warmup Precedes Midweek Winter Storm

Monday, March 10, 2014

Chicago to NYC Warmup Precedes Midweek Winter Storm

By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist

March 10,2014; 6:30PM,EDT

Springlike warmth will pour from the Plains to the East before another winter storm unfolds at midweek.
After dramatically warmer air spread onto the Plains on Sunday, the rest of the eastern third of the U.S. will turn mild through Tuesday.
Highs soared into the 70s in St. Louis, Mo., and Raleigh, N.C., on Monday as the warmth expanded eastward.

Temperatures returned to the 50s in New York City and Philadelphia Monday afternoon, but Tuesday will prove to be the mid-Atlantic's warmest day of the week.
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New York City will hit the 60-degree mark, while Washington, D.C., comes close to cracking 70 F on Tuesday.

Throughout the Midwest and East, the greatest amount of warming--in regards to departures from normal--will occur in the vicinity of I-80 and points southward.
Temperatures will return to normal or rise a few degrees above normal for a day or two across places to the north. In most of these areas, temperatures will dip below freezing at night, causing any wet areas from continued melting snow to turn slick.
Despite this taste of spring, winter does not appear to be willing to fully release its grip on the nation just yet. Colder air is destined to erase the warmup by late in the week.

Along the leading edge of this next cold blast, AccuWeather.com meteorologists continue to closely monitor a storm that will track from the Northwest and Rockies to the Northeast.
The storm will produce widespread substantial snow with the threat currently greatest from Indiana to northern New England from Tuesday night through Thursday.
Content contributed by Andy Mussoline, Meteorologist

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