The coastal storm stayed further out to sea and brought light rain through the far eastern Mid-Atlantic and largely missed the Catskills with no snow. Check out Belleayre Mountain on Thursday with dreary weather.

Forecast from Friday, March 29th through Sunday, March 31st:

Most of the Mid-Atlantic will be dry and clear on Friday except for the western Mid-Atlantic through WV and western MD. A few scattered rain and snow showers are likely with minimal snow accumulations of a trace - 1 inch. 

Saturday will start dry with clouds moving in from the west throughout the morning. The next weak storm system will track through the Mid-Atlantic with scattered light rain. Temperatures will be around freezing in the northern Mid-Atlantic with wet snowflakes likely. A few rain and snow showers will continue on Sunday morning with some clearing by the afternoon. Snow accumulations in the northern Mid-Atlantic will be a trace - 1 inch.

Below is a look at the National Blend of Model’s (NBM) forecasted snow accumulations from Friday, March 29th through Sunday, March 31st.

Another weak storm will move in from the west on Sunday evening, which could move a few scattered rain showers through the western Mid-Atlantic.

Forecast on Monday, April 1st and Tuesday, April 2nd: 

The storm from Sunday evening will track through the Mid-Atlantic on Monday with scattered light rain showers. This storm will gain strength to the west on Monday and move widespread and moderate rain through the East Coast on Tuesday. The Catskills could see initial snow and or mixed precipitation on Tuesday before warmer air moves in and changes all precipitation to rain.

The large storm system from Tuesday will move slowly through the East Coast and continue to bring rain on Wednesday. This will make it a wet week with many areas receiving over 1 inch of rain. This will make the few open resorts soft and slushy next week. Bases are thick enough that they will last through the upcoming closing weekend. There might even be fresh snow by the time we reach closing weekend...

By Thursday, April 4th, the storm system will move to the northeast with a strong trailing cold front. This cold front with wrap-around moisture will develop snow showers through the northern and western Mid-Atlantic. The exact timing and snow intensity are uncertain this far out, but scattered snow showers could add a couple of inches of snow into Friday, April 5th.

Below is a look at the GFS’s ensemble predicted upper-level pattern from Tuesday, April 2nd through Saturday, April 6th.

Description: The cool, blue colors show cooler air that will be associated with the storm track. 

Below is a look at the Euro’s ensemble probability of snow accumulations greater than 1 inch from Wednesday, April 3rd through Friday, April 5th.

After this snow, closing weekend on Saturday, April 6th, and Sunday, April 7th look mostly dry and clear! 

If you are getting excited about the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8th, please check out my latest forecast and takeaways of where clouds and clear skies could be. The Northeast is looking optimistic to have mostly to partly clear skies!

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend. I will have the next forecast on Monday, April 1st.

Zach Butler

NEW: Snow Ratio Forecast

You can now get a good idea of the upcoming snow quality for the next storm via our new "Snow Ratio" forecast for any location in OpenSnow.

When we talk about snow quality, such as “light and fluffy” or “heavy and wet”, we are talking about the snow-to-liquid ratio. The higher the snow-to-liquid ratio, the lighter the snow quality, and vice-versa.

1. Go to any location screen and tap the "Snow Summary" tab.
2. Scroll down to the 5-day hourly or 10-day forecast section.
3. View the 5-day hourly or daily "Snow Ratio" forecast for the next 10 days.

10:1 will be fun but will feel a little heavy. 15:1 will offer some faceshots and feel pretty light. 20:1 will be incredibly light, almost like skiing through nothing but air.

This new feature is currently available with the latest version of the OpenSnow iOS app installed (App Store > OpenSnow > Update) or on the OpenSnow website (OpenSnow.com). It will be available in the OpenSnow Android app soon.

View → Snow Ratio Forecast