Temperatures are set to warm up a little in the Northeast after January-like weather, but winter's not quite done yet, even as we approach mid-April.
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00:00We've been dealing with some spring snow showers, a little bit of a spring setback here, Anna.
00:05Yeah, you would not look at this video and think, hey, that is April 8th. And last we told you on
00:10the screen, that is April 8th. There in Rochester, New York, looks a little bit more like January,
00:16February, maybe early March. But here we are, early April. And on the radar over the last
00:20couple of hours, we have the snow. Even some lake effect, like enhanced snow moving over the Great
00:25Lakes and in the areas downwind of the Great Lakes. Now, snow totals, the top snow totals we've seen
00:30have been three to four inches. So not seeing the huge, you know, lake effect type snow totals,
00:34just some of that lake enhancement is present there. Now, with the cooler air in place, that,
00:40of course, means our temperatures are on the lower side. Pittsburgh, for example,
00:43look at 10 degrees lower than we should be this time of year when we talk about those historical
00:47averages. The difference in New York, 10 degrees as well. 48 is our forecasted high. We should be
00:53at 58. So what is going to happen the rest of the week? Well, first, Wednesday night into Thursday
00:58morning, we have another system moving in. Now, you see the green? That means rain. You see the
01:03pink and the blue, too. So that means we have the wintry mix and we have the snow. But the good news
01:07for all of you who are not in Michigan is that you'll see more of the wintry mix rather than the
01:12accumulating snowfall. Michigan, I'm sorry. Unfortunately, you're getting the brunt of the
01:17snow here. Now, let's take a look at future radar and exactly how this plays out. So we're at 9 a.m.
01:21tomorrow morning. The system we're dealing with right now, that's moved its way out of here. The
01:25next system, though, right off to the west, starting to work its way in. We fast forward
01:29to 7 p.m. It hasn't gotten too far into the northeast, right? Ohio, you're in the thick
01:34of it with some of the heavier downpours, too. But it's just into the far western portions of
01:38Pennsylvania. As we go through the overnight, that's when this works its way farther into the
01:42northeast and we see that blue show up, right? The snow. But keep in mind, right? It's wintry mix.
01:47We'll see some snowflakes, but not a lot of accumulation is expected here necessarily.
01:52We'll see more rain than snow as we work our way through Thursday morning. Could have some
01:58impacts to your morning commute, especially those areas where we do have the snow mixing
02:01in. Could create some slick spots, so something to keep in mind. You might want to give yourself
02:04some extra time. Throughout Thursday, we're stuck with the rain. I know it has been a rainy
02:09time for a lot of us. And of course, in Cincinnati, seeing the river flooding. So the additional
02:14rainfall, not really helpful in this scenario. And for those of us in the northeast, maybe
02:18just more annoying than actually having any kind of exacerbated dangerous situations with
02:23the flooding. Now let's talk temperatures, because that's the other piece of this story,
02:27right? We stay a little bit on the cooler side. Pittsburgh, we're going from the 40s to
02:32the 50s. We get a little bit of a warmup, but just by a few degrees. It's a similar situation
02:36in New York, going from 48 to just 50 Thursday and Friday. So not a lot of improvement. We'll take
02:42what we can get, right? Especially if we have some of those days where the sunshine comes
02:45out a little bit more. Let's talk about Philadelphia. The next couple of days, we get close to our
02:49historical average. By the time we get to the weekend, 59 degrees, we'll take it.