Hurricane Harbor: Spring Equinox - What Kind of Storm Does It Deliver? Depends Where You Live....

Winter is not done with the USA yet!

Elevation is really everything in the South and areas closer to the Piedmont and the Mountains are cooler and down closer to the coast it feels knee deep into Spring as temperatures flirt with the 70s and 80s. Every new front is weaker and yes it cools us off at night, yet by Noon we are peeling off the layers.

Spring can be kind or mean. And, in the month of March it often leans on the mean. Severe Weather in the Plains and the Dixie Alley produces tornadoes. It's that simple.

Trees are budding and people are excited to see the flowers pushing up from the ground, yet not so happy when the Bradford Pear Tree showers their cars with beautiful white petals. I'm a fan! The first time I came to Raleigh was in the 3rd week of March. The city was decorated with beautiful white flowers on trees and daffodils and tulips placing pops of color along the walkways and it was incredible. We went to Wrightsville Beach on a day when it was 80 degrees. A day later a cold front went through and the day after it actually snowed a little. Locals call Raleigh bipolar weather wise as you never know what you are going to get unless it's July or August or January or February. March is March Madness indeed!

Talking on Raleigh as I was away in Miami and Hollywood Florida last week and while it was fun to be "home" this really is also "home" so I guess I have two homes.

It's supposed to rain today, maybe some thunder. Also Raleigh is a good example as you can see by looking at the graphics below that there isn't a 30s in sight. Daytime weather seasonable Spring.