No End In Sight For Mild Temperatures

March 20 marks the vernal equinox where there is equal
amounts of daylight and darkness.
NWS CLEVELAND

Spring begins March 20 at 1:14 AM...mother nature must not have gotten the memo.  The last four days have pulled off temperatures above 59°F and today Meadville hit 70°F with stations around the county reporting lower 70's.  The last time Meadville saw temperatures 70°F or above?  You have to go back to October 11th, 2011 when the temperature hit 75°F.  Last year, April 10th was the first day of the year where temperatures soared above 70°F.

So people are wondering when is winter going to make its final return.  It looks like its final return was weeks ago.  The polar Jet Stream is showing no signs of moving south again in the short term and even the long term it says far north.  A blocking high pressure area is set up over the Atlantic and is not budging so I expect warm temperatures to continue through the rest of the month. 

6-10 day temperature outlook.
CPC

8-14 day temperature outlook.
CPC

Temperature outlook for March.
CPC

Average Forecasted High For The Next 5 Days:  73°F

Normal High/Low for this time of year:  42°F/24°F 

There is a good chance some records will be set.

Record Highs:

March:	High	Year
15	79	1990
16	80	1990
17	68	2003
18	67	1989
19	70	1966

Numbers from wunderground.com for Port Meadville Airport.

Forecasted High Temperatures for the next 11 days. 

 Smaller temperatures are AccuWeather Forecasted Highs.

March:	High
15	73
16	70
17	73
18	76
19	74
20	72
21	67
22	62
23	59
24	60
25	64