More Winter Weather Bearing Down on the Midwest and the Northeast

Despite Easter being right around the corner, winter weather is not loosening its grip across a large portion of the Midwest and the Northeast. Forecasters are warning that both of these regions will be visited by Old Man Winter once again in the days ahead. Here is a look at this chilly and decidedly not springlike forecast.

More Cold Air Pushing Through the Midwest and the Northeast

A new wave of cold air is going to push across the Midwest and into the Northeast this week, lingering for a few days before finally exiting. Some isolated areas may even see a few snow showers out of this late-season blast of winter weather. The chance of wintry precipitation is coming fresh on the heels of last weekend's storm that resulted in accumulating snow in some parts of the Northeast.

How snowy was it over the weekend? The updated snowfall totals confirm that up to 9 inches of snow covered the ground in Worcester, Massachusetts, by the time that the snow machine wrapped up. A wide swath of the Poconos, the Catskills, and the Berkshires picked up 5 inches of snow out of this winter weather maker.

Despite the surge of wintry precipitation, it has been just slightly chilly for this corner of the country since the start of April. Temperatures have been hovering near the historical norm to about 2 degrees below average since this time. Climatologists define normal temperatures as anything within 2 degrees in either direction from the historical average. Although April got off to a cool start, temperatures have hovered several degrees over the norm when going back to the beginning of meteorological spring on March 1.

It was an unseasonably cool weekend for most of the Northeast. An influx of warmer air moved into the region to start the new work week, however, forecasters are warning that the warming trend will be short-lived. Another batch of cold air is forecast to dive down to the southeast from Canada, reaching the Midwest and the Northeast as the week progresses. The cool temperatures may dip as far south as the south-central and southeastern U.S. at times this week.