Winter's Last Stand

Consider this the Battle of Allagash. The winter that just wouldn’t let go is still here and we are looking at potentially up to 10-12 more inches for northern Maine by the time the Easter Bunny sets out to deposit its eggs.

This looks to be the real last of it for the wintery precipitation. There are a few chances for some snow showers over the next week that could bring a coating to the higher elevations, but come Monday, I may declare winter over. We’ll have to wait and see.

For Friday, we should see favorable conditions for the home opener of the Boston Red Sox. While it won’t be sunny and 80 degrees, the rain should clear out of there by tonight allowing for southern New England to dry out. Meanwhile up north, snow, sleet, and freezing rain will lead to continued winter conditions.

Saturday is more rain showers and cooler temps with more snow and wintry mix up north.

Sunday will have a band of rain along a front move through the region for much of the morning and into the afternoon. Afternoon will see scattered showers.

The weekly drought outlook is not really any better. As one area improves, another area slips. All in all, we really didn’t receive a lot of precipitation this winter. Yes, you are reading that and going “dude we got 700 feet of snow”. I know, however, the liquid content because this winter was so cold was very low. What would have been more helpful would have been a warmer winter with rain every week. Due to the ground being frozen for so long, the water really couldn’t penetrate where it needed to, hence we are still seeing drought and abnormally dry conditions.

Now... this data is taken on Tuesdays, compiled Wednesdays, and released on Thursday mornings. The current rain and snow we are seeing will likely help a lot of the affected areas, and we will likely see improvements on next week’s map release.