March 2018 shall go into the history books for it’s 4 Nor’easters within 3 weeks with two historic wind, wave and flood makers, the other 2 were more snowy for the populated I-95 corridor.

The Four Nor'easters of March. pic.twitter.com/r73MvpWvyK

— Dakota Smith (@weatherdak) March 22, 2018

These back to back Nor’easters helped set new records.

In Philly, since 1885, only 1 yr had more snow than March this year. 2nd snowiest March on record with 15.2". Normal is 2.9".

Islip Long Island NY blew away the record. Snowiest March with 31.9". The March mean is 4.5" there. So they are over 2 feet above normal this month pic.twitter.com/iAOIkcd5hF

— Ralphs Weather OBS (@WeatherNut27) March 23, 2018

It shall also be remembered from pulling back California’s renewed rain and snow deficit following a dry winter.

With all the storminess and incoming cold, it’s made for a very cold March particularly for the Mid Atlantic but note the warmth in the southern and western Plains.

So, as we close March off it remains a busy, active and energetic pattern.

The next system could generate a blizzard for Iowa as a dagger of snow extends from S Saskatchewan, Montana through the Dakotas, Iowa and into the central Appalachians.

With the continuation of a -AO/NAO combined with phases 7-8 of the MJO, a cool April is looking likely E of the Rockies but warm to the west.

The front running 7 day period has residual cool over the Southeast following the most recent Nor’easter and there’s still a trough hanging back over California and the west but in between, ridging and a warm southerly is driving the first major heat north over Texas and S Plains.

CFSv2 weeklies

Then the cool makes a comeback the following 7 and may hold through the rest of the month of April.

Possibility of a brief pullback and heat surge for the Central US.

Then retreats again.

April overall

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