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March poised to roar in like lion with storm

Don’t put away those snow shovels and snow blowers just yet. There’s more coming.

Butler County will be punched with yet another snowstorm Sunday into Monday.

Mike Kennedy, a meteorologist with the Nation Weather Service in Pittsburgh, said the storm could produce six inches of snow.

It might bring one of the winter’s bigger snowstorms, and show that the harsh weather will linger into March.

The county already has been hit with twice as much snow this winter as last year.

It has snowed 48 days since the beginning of November, totaling nearly 52 inches, according to the National Weather Service.

Last winter it snowed about 26 inches over 24 days through the end of February.

The average seasonal snow from 1981 through 2010 was slightly less than 30 inches falling in about 29 days.

“We’re sitting at about 30 inches above normal,” Kennedy said of the region’s snowfall. “We’ve already had 16 inches more than all of last year.”

The county also has been locked in a deep freeze.

The temperature has fallen below zero on 17 days since Jan. 1. The temperature didn’t drop below zero at all in 2013, with the lowest mark hovering at 1 degree.

The coldest days this year were Jan. 28 and 29, when temperatures dropped to minus 13.

But while this winter has typically been cold, it did have a bit of warmth.

Temperatures were as high as 70 degrees on Dec. 22, making it the fifth warmest winter temperature since 1967. The record was 75 degrees in February 2000.

But the heat spell this winter was short lived, as four days later the high temperature was back in the 20s.

Temperatures reached a high of 5 degrees on Jan. 8, making it the lowest high in two decades.

County residents thought they got a hint of spring weather a week ago when temperatures were in the 50s for four days, but they were quickly hit with more wintery weather.

Historically, the county might be in store for even more snow in March.

Last year it snowed 17 inches that month, more than the previous two months combined.

The average snowfall for March between 1981 and 2010 was a little more than 5 inches.

That average monthly total number could be topped in just one day by the storm that is coming Sunday and Monday.

Kennedy said warm air from the southwest will move into the region on Saturday, creating high levels of moisture.

“When the arctic air moves over that, there could be a good amount of snow,” he said about Sunday.

While the amount of snow is unknown, Kennedy said weather officials are pretty sure when it will fall.

“The highest degree of confidence is the timing,” he said. “Anything heavy should come late Sunday afternoon, early Monday morning.”

John Darnley, also with the Nation Weather Service, said the amount of snow will depend on the path of the storm and when it passes over the area.

“If it occurs more during daylight, the impact won’t be as harsh,” he said.

Darnley said people should not get their hopes up that this is the last snowstorm of the winter since the cold temperatures will likely carry on longer into the month.

“It’s not going to change overnight,” he said of the weather pattern. “The misery of winter will stick with us a little longer.”

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