A Tale Of Two Seasons, The Battle Between Spring Warmth & Lingering Winter Chill

We easily had our warmest day of the year so far as some locations in SE Louisiana reached the mid to upper 80s.  However, out over the Rockies, Winter lingers on.  In fact, Denver's snowiest months of the year are March & April.  Look at these snow pics sent by my oldest son (Rob).  The top two are from Evergreen, CO while the bottom is from Manitou Springs.

Near 80-degree warmth has reached St. Louis, Louisville eastward into the Carolinas.  While some are shoveling, others are sweating.  Here's the setup causing snows over the Rockies & severe storms over the Plains. The persistent upper trough remains over the Rockies with the flow over the southern states from the SW.  The white circle is Colorado where the snow pics are from.

SPC has been all over the severe weather outbreak to our north with a level 3 (enhanced) severe risk issued this morning & Tornado Watches (red boxes) covering many states.

The cold frontal boundary will slowly shift our way with several waves of heavy rains moving down from the NW.  You'll need to pay attention Friday afternoon and evening as Nicondra showed us the timeline.

IF the boundary slows down/stalls for several hours, models indicate the potential for 3-4"+ that will cause some street flooding issues. It's why FOX 8 issued a First Alert.

IF the front sags down to the coast on Saturday, much of the day will be dry & cooler.  We need to pay attention that it doesn't stall closer over the city.

The brisk south winds have brought back the humidity as dew points are 70+.  That low-level moisture will fuel the heavy rains tomorrow PM.

It will be noticeably cooler next week behind the front bringing back sweaters and jackets.  Finally...

Our fishing trip wasn't a bust as we caught 30+ trout, but only could keep 4 as the sizes were really small 8-11".  Captain Johnny Lewis, assisted by Captain Hylton Petit boated a nice 27" redfish while I sagged a 19" trout.   Today's winds proved too strong as we struggled to find any clean water.  Better days are coming.  Stay tuned!