ION Weather Florida Spring Break Update Tue Mar 12 2024, Less wind NE Rain PAC NW

Great Weather for Spring Break all this week in South Florida.
Unsettled weather is expected from the Pacific Northwest and northern
California into the central Rockies with lower-elevation rain and higher
elevation snow through mid-week.

An increased risk of wildfires will shift southward from the central
Plains today into the southern High Plains for Tuesday and Wednesday.

Anomalously warm temperatures to expand eastward from the Upper Midwest
into the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast through Wednesday.

An upper level disturbance over the western U.S. today will weaken as it
translates eastward, to be followed by a stronger impulse to reach the
West Coast this evening. A Pacific front will move across the western U.S.
through Wednesday, bringing mountain snow and lower elevation rain, along
with cooler than average temperatures. Snowfall totals of 6-12 inches are
expected into the higher terrain with totals over a foot likely for the
highest elevations across the West into the northern and central Rockies.
Rain or a rain/snow mix can be expected for the lower elevations as the
storm system advances south and east.

Low relative humidity and gusty winds have prompted Critical Risk fire
weather concerns across a good portion of central Plains into the Texas
Panhandle and a portion of eastern Wyoming through the rest of Monday. A
surface low will develop across the central High Plains on Tuesday,
advancing eastward with time. Dry conditions with gusty winds will shift
fire weather concerns into the southern High Plains for Tuesday and
Wednesday while precipitation develops northward during the day on
Wednesday.

The departure of a strong surface low near Nova Scotia into the western
Atlantic will allow for a gradual lowering of gusty winds across the
northern Mid-Atlantic and Northeast through Tuesday. Breezy conditions are
likely to remain for northern New England into Tuesday night, but overall
improvement is expected. High pressure over the southern U.S. will slide
eastward over the next couple of days, allowing winds to return from the
south, bringing warmer temperatures northward. The greatest departures
from normal highs will remain over the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes
region on Tuesday which may cause a few record daily maximum temperatures
to be broken, but the magnitude of the anomalous warmth is likely to be
lower on Tuesday compared to Monday. High temperatures in the 60s to lower
70s will expand eastward through Wednesday across the Ohio Valley and
portions of the northern Mid-Atlantic into the Northeast, roughly 15 to 25
degrees above mid-March averages. With the warmer weather will come the
threat for thunderstorms across portions of the central U.S. Some severe
thunderstorms will be possible ahead of a dryline from eastern
Oklahoma/Kansas into western Missouri on Tuesday with a broader risk
across some of these same areas on Wednesday.