24 FEB EXTENDED - WEATHER HEADLINES

24 FEB EXTENDED FORECAST

TODAY/THURS - PARTLY CLOUDY - GUSTY NW WINDS - TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20F FOR HIGHS, AND 0-5F ABOVE FOR LOWS...........TODAYS WIND CHILL -15F

FRI/SAT - MOSTLY CLOUDY -FLURRIES - HIGH TEMPS 28-32F - LOW TEMPS 10-15F........

SUNDAY NITE AND MONDAY (MAR 1ST) - LT SNOW ......

ON OR AROUND (GIVE ME A DAY OR TWO LEE-WAY HERE) THE 3RD OR 4TH OF MARCH, A BROAD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP NORTH TO SOUTH ALONG THE EASTERN RANGE OF THE ROCKIES.......TWO DISTINCT LOWS SHOULD FORM.....ONE IN MT WITH A SURFACE TROF EXTENDING SOUTH INTO EASTERN CO, AND ANOTHER WILL DEVELOP ALONG AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG THE OK/TX PANHANDLES. WE WILL START TO SEE A WARM UP AS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS WINDS FINALLY SHIFT TO A MORE SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. THATS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN THREE WEEKS.....AT THE SAME TIME, WARM GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO STREAM NORTH AS WELL - SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE NEXT STORM.........OUR DAYTIME TEMPS WILL BE IN THE HIGH 30'S.......

I'M GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER DAY OR TWO TO LOOK AT THE TIMEFRAME BETWEEN THE 5TH AND 10TH.........


WEATHER HEADLINES:

NATIONAL EXTREMES:
Tue's High Temperature: 83 at Hollywood Fl, Miami Fl and Key West Naval Air Station Fl
Wed's Low Temperature: 26 BELOW ZERO at Fosston Mn

"HURRICANE-LIKE" STORM TO HIT NORTHEAST:
Residents will call the storm Thursday and Friday a "snow-hurricane" instead of a blizzard across the higher terrain of northern New England and some parts of central New York and eastern Pennsylvania. Winds here will gust to 70 mph, just shy of hurricane strength. Just to clarify, this storm is technically not an actual hurricane. The snow will accumulate 1 to 2 feet from central New York to northwestern New Jersey and over the mountains of northern New England.

COLD WILL HOLD ON FOR THE NEXT WEEK IN IOWA:
IT WILL SEEM LIKE A HEAT WAVE AS THE TEMPS RISE TO THE LOWER 30'S THIS WEEKEND. IN REALITY, WE WOULD NEED TO BREAK THE MID 30'S MARK TO REACH NORMAL FEB HIGH TEMPS. WE JUST MAY BE LOOKING AT THE COLDEST FEB IN DECADES, ADDING TO ONE OF THE COLDEST OVERALL WINTERS WE'VE SEEN IN YEARS AS WELL. BELOW NORMAL TEMPS WILL HOLD ON THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.