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Columbus, Ohio – St. Patrick’s Day week across Ohio could bring a late return of winter as colder air sliding south from Canada raises the potential for snow just days before the official start of spring.
According to the NOAA Climate Prediction Center’s 8–14 day outlook, the period from March 15 through March 21 favors above-normal precipitation across parts of the Midwest, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic, while temperatures across much of the eastern United States trend below seasonal averages. The pattern forms as a broad cold boundary stretches from Maine through the Great Lakes and south toward Georgia and parts of northern Florida, allowing colder Canadian air to spill into the Ohio Valley…