BLOG: Spring Snows For Parts Of Delaware
By Justin Drabick
The first full week of spring has felt more like winter. High temperatures this past week were below average for this time of year.
You can blame this on the jet stream pattern. A trough or dip in the jet stream continues over the eastern U.S. allowing cold air from Canada to head southward. This is a similar pattern we were in all winter long.
This trough along with an active storm track off the Pacific has led to some snow for parts of the mid-Atlantic. On Saturday, and area of low pressure tracked over the southeast allowing for precipitation to break out across the northern mid-Atlantic.
This precipitation had a tough time making it into Pennsylvania as a strong high pressure area over Canada block the northward movement. Early this morning, snow broke out across central and southern Delaware and dropped up to 3" in parts of the Delmarva Peninsula.
A winter weather advisory was issued for Sussex county Delaware for this morning. Some spots in extreme south Jersey may have seen a few flakes but no accumulation. This system was a fast mover and was offshore by mid-late morning.
Check out some of the snow totals:
Salisbury, MD – 3.0"
Laurel, DE – 2.0"
Selbyville, DE – 0.5"
Georgetown, DE – 0.3"
Greenwood, DE – 0.3"
The weather pattern remains active through this week with some more storms impacting the Delaware Valley around mid week and the end of the week. However, there are some signs that this pattern may change sometime next week, which would allow some warmer weather to return. Stay tuned!
