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By Brian Clark, Meteorologist Posted 9 years ago April 4, 2014

Summary

After a winter that had a hard time letting go, spring is certainly here and itsn't going anywhere real soon. Unfortunately, this also means that the general storm track over the next week is not going to be a wintry one either. The first of two storms in the next 5 days will move in tonight, with the center of the low tracking to our west, rain will be the main form of precipitation. The second storm will come at us from the south next Tuesday, but the track will still take the center of the low too far west for much, if any snowfall. The long range shows continued spring like temperatures, although it does look a little quieter with regards to storms.

Details

I have to admit that this time of year, I start to get much less depressed when storms bring more liquid precipitation than snow. Sure, it would be nice in some ways if winter just kept on going like it did all the way through the end of March, but of course that's not entirely realistic given the climatology of New England. This time of year, I just take the weather as it comes and I'll keep skiing as long as there's snow somewhere to ski on.

I told you all that to tell you this...more rain is coming in two doses over the next 5 days. The first storm arrives this afternoon and evening, with the center of the low tracking well to our west putting us on the warm side of the storm. Some locations further west and north in the region could see some mixed precipitation from this storm, but I don't expect that to add up to much. Otherwise, expect a good soaking rain tonight, tapering off during the morning on Saturday. The timing of this storm should be just right so as not to completely rain out what will end up being the last Saturday of operations for a lot of resorts, but certainly be prepared for some showers. At the furthest north resorts, espcially those at high elevation, there is the chance for a little accumulating snowfall on the backside of the storm. I don't expect any big accumulations, but a coating to 3 inches isn't out of the question for resorts like Jay, Stowe, and Saddleback. 

Oh, and Sunday of this weekend, by the way, will be a pretty nice day for resorts that are closing to end out their season.

Our next storm then arrives early next week, around Tuesday. A few days ago, this one showed some promise of bringing widespread snowfall with it, but since then the track of the storm has trended signficantly further inland. Also, with model agreement on this track across the board, I have very low confidence that we see much if any snowfall out of this one. 

Long Range

Not much to speak of in the long range right now, except that temperatures will generally stay seasonable and there could be a weaker storm toward the end of next week that might bring some snow to northern high elevation resorts.

 

About Our Forecaster

Brian Clark

Meteorologist

Brian lives in the Mount Washington Valley and works at one of the best ski shops in New England, Stan and Dan Sports in North Conway. He also teaches at Attitash Mountain Resort and runs a growing business that sells and repairs computers and smartphones.

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