{"id":2400,"date":"2017-03-10T17:14:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T22:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/?p=2400"},"modified":"2017-03-10T17:14:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T22:14:54","slug":"evening-update-clocks-spring-forward-sunday-winter-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/10\/evening-update-clocks-spring-forward-sunday-winter-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening Update: Clocks &#8220;Spring&#8221; forward this Sunday, but winter is far from over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, winter is back, and it looks like it wants to stick around. Over 24 hours we have seen\u00a0quite a shift in the weather. Yesterday it was in the 70s and sunny, but the temperatures have dropped about 30 degrees. Throughout the day we saw some <em>snow<\/em> showers and wind gusts reaching 30 mph. The weekend shows no signs of the cold letting up either&#8211; a bad sign for cherry blossom trees as peak blossom is pushed back to March 19-22.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2403\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssd.noaa.gov\/goes\/east\/eaus\/h5-loop-vis.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2403\" class=\"wp-image-2403 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/umdwx_visible-500x334.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/umdwx_visible-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/umdwx_visible.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>GOES-E satellite&#8217;s visible band at 10am today, showing the clouds that brought us some flurries and is moving off the coast<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Through Tonight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brrrr, it&#8217;ll be a cold night if you&#8217;re heading out! Temperatures will continue to drop, with mid-30s by 8pm, mid-20s by midnight, and a minimum temperature approaching 20 degrees. The winds won&#8217;t settle down either. The\u00a015-18 mph winds and 20+ mph gusts in the early evening will make the temperatures feel in the teens. On the bright side,\u00a0you won&#8217;t have to worry about snow or rain affecting any commutes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2402\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2402\" class=\"wp-image-2402 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/umdwx_temps-500x380.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/umdwx_temps-500x380.jpg 500w, https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/umdwx_temps.jpg 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/trowal.weather.umd.edu\/models\/TerpWRF\">TerpWRF<\/a> 2-meter temperatures for 1am this evening, showing DC region in upper-20s (Fahrenheit)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Tomorrow (Saturday):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Expect more cold and windy conditions. While the sun will be out, morning temperatures will stay in the 20s and maximum temperature will barely reach mid-30s. The 14-17 mph winds and 20+ mph gusts will make it feel 10 degrees lower too. \u00a0Not the best day for outdoor activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Did I mention it will be cold? Because it will still be cold. Sunday&#8217;s maximum temperature will reach upper-30s. However the winds won&#8217;t be as gusty &#8211; just slight breezy at 6-9 mph &#8211; and there will be mostly sunny skies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A look ahead:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here at UMD Weather we have been keeping up with the potential snowstorm Monday evening into Tuesday.\u00a0To learn more about potential impacts, go <a href=\"http:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/2017\/03\/10\/major-mid-atlantic-snowstorm-real-possibility-early-next-week\/\">here<\/a> for a separate blog post on this event. Also, follow us on Twitter and Facebook for constant updates!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, winter is back, and it looks like it wants to stick around. Over 24 hours we have seen\u00a0quite a shift in the weather. Yesterday it was in the 70s and sunny, but the temperatures have dropped about 30 degrees.&hellip; <br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/10\/evening-update-clocks-spring-forward-sunday-winter-far\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[63,80,6],"class_list":["post-2400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather-discussion","tag-cold","tag-march","tag-snow"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/umdwx_chapel.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2432,"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400\/revisions\/2432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}