Mild March Madness

While most people are studying bracketology, I myself am looking at the upper air pattern through the remainder of the most.  And the general trend is warm in the east, cold in the west and in AK through the month of March...not to be confused with May...although we will have temps more in line with may than with March.  That is not the case in AK where their winter for the record books continues well past the equinox...if we believe the numerical modeling.  Also, CA and the west coast will be getting slammed with major storms over the next 2 weeks creating headlines for severe weather in that part of the country (mudslides, mountain snows, etc...).  As for PA, the GFS which is in quite good agreement amongst its ensemble members paints a rather beefy trough over the eastern US.  Take a look....

That in turn will support much above normal temps during this pattern.  Normal maxes at this time of year are around 50ºF for KMDT.  With temps easily +20ºF and likely closer to 25º-30ºF above normal, we will see the mercury touch 80ºF one of the days during this anomalous stretch of weather!

Enjoy your March Madness with May-like temperatures!

Smitty

AA:  Looking quite mild into the foreseeable future!  Here is the "warmest" map I could find over the next 7 days....it is for Thursday....