Saturday, March 7, 2015

Taste of Spring to Greet Harrisburg This Week

By , AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist
March 7,2015; 10:14PM,EST
 
 
Harrisburg will welcome a rebound in temperatures for the first half of the new week as winter finally releases its grip.
The more typical March weather will allow people to get outdoors and some to catch up on shopping.
In the wake of the recent snowstorm and cold nights, temperatures will rebound to seasonable levels for the first half of the upcoming week.
The pattern change will lock out invasions of arctic air.
The recent cold snap caused Harrisburg to register its first subzero temperature reading in March Saturday morning since records began in 1888.

Highs are forecast to average in the 40s Sunday through Tuesday. Temperatures should then crack the 50-degree mark for the first time this year on Wednesday.
With daytime highs well above freezing and nights near or below freezing, the existing snow cover will gradually melt.
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However, until all of the piles of snow are gone, motorists and pedestrians should be on the lookout for patchy black ice. Runoff created during the daylight hours will tend to freeze up during the evening.
Area rivers will have to be watched for possible ice jams with the upcoming milder weather forecast. However, the freeze and thaw cycles will not create rapid runoff initially.
A storm with rain is forecast to graze the Harrisburg area around Tuesday, but not enough rain to cause flooding is expected to fall.
A second storm to emerge from the Gulf of Mexico will have to be monitored for potential flooding rain, snow and even ice implications in the Northeast next weekend.

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