A child retrieves a kite from a tree during the Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Weather conditions in the region are expected to calm after the weekend. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
A complex weather pattern bringing temperature swings and storms across the eastern United States will simplify next week -- but not before some topsy-turvy conditions leading into Easter Sunday.
Areas from New England to the mid-Atlantic experienced a "backdoor cold front" from Wednesday to Thursday as chilly air from over the Atlantic Ocean pushed southwestward.
Following a high of 80 F in New York City on Wednesday, which was the third day in a row with highs in the 70s to near 80, temperatures plunged through the 50s and into the 40s Wednesday night. By early Thursday, AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperatures hovered in the mid-30s, as a raw easterly breeze of 12-25 mph whistled through Manhattan.
Similarly, people in Washington, D.C., experienced the tail end of cherry blossom season with RealFeel Temperatures near 90 on Wednesday afternoon. By Thursday morning, however, the backdoor front dropped temperatures into the 50s with low clouds and drizzle.
