After a few breaks of sun, clouds will be
on the increase again today with a chance of a late-day
shower. With temperatures heading toward the freezing
mark in the evening, precipiation could start as a period
of sleet and freezing rain before changing to all rain by
Wednesday morning. Plain liquid rain will continue
through Wednesday, however a return to cold temperatures
and snow showers look to invade the region late into the
week and into the weekend.
-- Prepared by the Campus Weather Service
Four-day forecast
Today: Mostly cloudy with late-day rain or mixed precipitation. High 47.
Tonight: Sleet, freezing rain and rain changing to all rain by morning. Low 32.
Wednesday: Cloudy with AM rain likely, then becoming cooler. High 46, low 31.
Thursday: Partly cloudy with no precipitation. High 41, Low 28 .
Friday: Mostly sunny and chilly. High 43.
Regional temperature map
Legend: SU(Sunny), PS(Partly Sunny), MC(Mostly Cloudy),
CY(Cloudy), HZ(Hazy), RN (Rain), RS (Rain/Snow),
SH(Showers), SN (Snow), SF (Snow Flurries), I(Ice), TS
(Thunderstorms).
Highlight
Winter also picked Anchorage, Alaska for one last hurrah. The town received over 25 in. of snow in 24 hrs. this past weekend, which is a new, one-day snowfall record. Although Anchorage is in Alaska, its location near the ocean and surrounded by mountains renders heavy snowfall unfavorable in the downtown area. The west side of town received even more snow, coming in with three feet of as their storm total.
Ski Report
| Ski Resort | Trails | Base (inches) | Conditions |
| Tussey Mountain | N/A | N/A | Closed |
| Jack Frost | N/A | N/A | Closed |
| Blue Knob | N/A | N/A | Closed |
| Seven Springs | 6 | 10-18 | Groomed |
| Killington | 89 | 12-36 | Packed Powder |
Almanac
Today
Normal high: 46 degrees
Record high: 72 degrees in 1966
Normal low: 26 degrees
Record low: 3 degrees in 1993
Monthly Climate Summary
(Data valid through 8 a.m. yesterday)
March precipitation: 1.59
Normal March precip: 3.34 inches
March temp. departure: 5.06 degrees
Sun Data
Sunset today: 6:23 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:15 a.m.
| Credits: |
| Joel Gratz Danielle Shepard |
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