Tracking Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall in the Southern U.S.; Winter Storm to Impact the Northern U.S.

A storm system will shift from eastern Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley Monday with additional threats of severe thunderstorms and heavy to excessive rainfall which may bring flooding. A Flood Watch remains in effect. In the northern U.S., a storm will bring heavy snow and gusty winds over parts of the northern Rockies, northern Plains, and Upper Midwest Monday into Wednesday. Read More >

Spring Equinox Climatology for Eastern Utah and Western Colorado

Let's take a look at some "Spring Spouts" (aka Spring Equinox Climatology) for selected cities across eastern Utah and western Colorado. The Equinox of 1923 must have felt more like winter than spring for the Meeker and Moab areas, where they received 7 and 3 inches of snow respectively. The lowest minimum temperature on the Spring Equinox thus far was -13F, which occurred in the Craig Area in 1955. The warmest Spring Equinox temperature was 85F, which occurred in the Moab Area in 2004. The wettest and snowiest Spring Equinox both occurred in the Durango Area. The wettest was in 1919, where 1.28 inches of liquid precipitation fell, and the snowiest was in 2023 when the area received up to 14 inches of snow.

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