Southern U.S. Storms Capped by Snow No April Fool

Southern storms wearing a mantle of snow in more northern climes were showing in the two-day U.S. weather radar sweep as April was coming in part lion.

AccuWeather meteorologist Michael Doll on Monday said the storms will put a damper on brief spring warming trends for a time.

"Early spring can bring wild weather swings over the course of a two-day period, and some people in the central United States will experience snow Sunday and thunderstorms just 48 hours later," Doll said.

AccuWeather said residents in St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Springfield, Illinois could be most affected by the topsy-turvy weather changes.

Some areas in the South, though, may feel May-like warmth before the big storms.

The Ohio Valley and southern Mid-Atlantic states were expecting temperatures to approach 75 degrees before the midweek storms. High temperatures Tuesday could top 80 degrees in Atlanta; Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama; Jackson, Mississippi; and New Orleans, per AccuWeather.

Then thunderstorms will come in from the southern Plains to the Southeast on Tuesday into Wednesday, dropping temperatures 10 to 15 degrees along the Gulf Coast and 20 to 30 degrees in the Ohio Valley, AccuWeather said.

In the mid-Atlantic and southern New England, a fast moving snowstorm was flying by, leaving a narrow path of snow that hampered transportation early Monday.

"This snow event will last eight hours or less in any one community, but that will be enough time to whiten the ground with some areas also facing slick travel," AccuWeather senior meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski said.

AccuWeather said most communities along the small path of the storm were expected to get as much as three to six inches, but localized amounts between six to 10 inches in parts of central Pennsylvania also were expected.

The National Weather Service reported that four to six inches of snow was expected in the Harrisburg, Newport, Carlisle, Lebanon, Chambersburg and Pottsville areas of Pennsylvania on Monday morning, according to PennLive.com.

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