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Meteorological winter ends on February 28, leading to meteorological spring through May 31. A warm-up will arrive this week for most of the US apart from the north-central and eastern tier. The 3-day US forecast.
According to forecasters from AccuWeather, the start of meteorological spring will bring warmer temperatures and be dry and warm through Friday. It marks a sharp change from last week’s temperatures that fell as much as 30-40F below normal.
The warmest temperatures will be in the West, Southwest, mid-Plains, and southern Plains. The south and southeast will also be warm. However, the northern tier of the central US, Great Lakes region, Ohio Valley and Northeast will remain cold.
Meteorological winter, which runs from December 1 through February 28, ends this week as meteorological spring kicks off, running from March 1 through May 31, WSLS reports.
Meteorological seasons differ from astronomical seasons. For example, meteorological spring is based on annual temperature cycles, whereas astronomical spring is based on Earth’s rotation around the sun, WCNC reports.
In 2022, in the northern hemisphere, astronomical spring, also known as the spring or vernal equinox, when there are equal hours of sunlight and night, occurs on Sunday, March 20, at 11:33 AM EDT, according to almanac.com. After this date and the northern hemisphere, the Earth begins to tilt more toward the sun, bringing increased daylight and warming temperatures. It’s the opposite in the southern hemisphere, marking the start of autumn.
Here is the latest 3-day forecast for the National Weather Service (NWS).
There is potential flooding for Western Washington and northwestern Oregon, with heavy snow over north-central Washington, northern Idaho, and Northwestern Montana. Spotty snow over other portions of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming.
Snow for portions of northern Michigan and northwestern, central, and northeastern New York.
Possible freezing rain over northeastern Montana, across North Dakota, and into central Minnesota.
Rain for southern Georgia and most of Florida.
Spotty snow over portions of Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Minnesota, northern Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, and the entirety of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
Potential freezing rain will stretch from Northwestern Montana across the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northeastern Iowa.
Mixed precipitation over the Northeast/
Rain over the Northwest and along the southern and eastern coast of Florida.
Snow over Wisconsin, northern Michigan, northern New York, much of Vermont and New Hampshire, and throughout Maine.
Mixed precipitation over the northern tier of the West, North-central US, Great Lakes region, mid-Atlantic, and Northeast.
Potential freezing rain will stretch from Montana into the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Iowa.
Rain in the Northwest and for southern Florida.
