WEATHERAmerica Newsletter, Saturday, March 8, 2025; SHORT RANGE OUTLOOK

[Larry Cosgrove]

SHORT RANGE OUTLOOK

(Through The Next 72 Hours)

 

Cold Pocket, Small Storm Passes Through Texas And The South....

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UQAM Meteocentre (3)

College Of DuPage Weather Laboratory (2)

You can think of the disturbance moving out of Texas and through the Deep South as something of an interruption. Without this small impulse, temperatures would warm quickly, sunshine would be abundant, and the surface flow likely to be increasing and southerly. There will be some heavy rain and stronger thunderstorms, but most impacts will be erased after Monday. It is possible some snow and sleet could occur early in the period over the TX Panhandle and southern Oklahoma. But the broad and impressive spread of warming will expand over the southern half of the USA, with cases of 90 deg F and higher in the Texas Big Country on Tuesday afternoon.

But Mostly Mild/Warm Conditions Indicated Across The Lower 48 States

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PivotalWeather.Com (3)

ECMWF

Things may change, and dramatically, in the lower 48 states later in the week. But any alterations will not occur until the second storm in the sequence across the northern Pacific Basin moves across the Intermountain Region. Bitter cold air remains in Canada for the bulk of the near term, with disturbances moving along or just south of the International Border, That is a cAk vortex setting up over Hudson Bay, which in effect will prevent any moderation in the U.S. from moving above Interstate 80. The massive snowpack over the American West can only reach the Front Range and Black Hills by the end of this time frame. Warmth from Mexico will control Texas, The Heartland and the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys