Winter gets in a few fifinal frosty licks
Say it ain’t so: Winter is just refusing to let go.
Heavy snow pasted parts of the Great Lakes and Northeast on Sunday into Monday, and whiteout conditions in New York state caused dozens of accidents.
A tour bus crashed near the small Adirondacks town of Minerva, N.Y., on Monday, causing several injuries, though none were reported to be life-threatening, according to the (Glens Falls, N.Y.) Post-Star newspaper.
Winter weather advisories remained in place Monday for parts of southern New England and New York state, the National Weather Service said.
Plunging temperatures Monday night were forecast to cause any wet or slushy areas on untreated roads and sidewalks in New England to freeze, Accu-Weather warned.
Wind chill temperatures were only in the chilly teens and 20s Monday across most of the Great Lakes states and Northeast.
Howling weekend winds also blasted the area, knocking out power to tens of thousands of people from Indiana to New England.
The Weather Channel has named the winter storm Ursula.
In New York City, a dreary forecast of cold rain and wet snow forced the delay of the Yankees home opener Monday afternoon against the Houston Astros. The game will be made up Tuesday.
In Cleveland, the opener between the Indians and Boston Red Sox also was postponed because of temperatures in the 30s, gusty winds and a forecast for snow flurries. That game will also be made up Tuesday.
Yet another round of wintry precipitation is expected for portions of the Upper Midwest and Upper Great Lakes on Tuesday, the weather service said.
Looking past Tuesday’s snow, no real signs of consistent spring warmth are forecast for the northcentral and northeastern U.S. for the first half of April, according to AccuWeather.
“It appears as though cold weather will continue through the middle of the month,” Accu-Weather meteorologist Ed Vallee said. “A strong storm system will bring rain to end the week with perhaps some snow in the Ohio Valley and the Northeast, especially the interior.”
It’s not until the second half of the month that the north-central and northeastern U.S. will finally break out into real, sustained springlike weather.