Images: Spring snow
It may be hard to get excited about this weekend considering the cold, dreary weather outlook. But take heart. At least there isn't snow in the forecast so we're not likely to see any on the ground like the East Coast did earlier this week.
A flowering Dog wood tree in Johnstown, Pa., is covered by a fresh blanket of snow, Monday, April 23, 2012. A spring noreaster packing soaking rain and high winds churned up the Northeast Monday morning, unleashing a burst of winter and up to a foot of snow in higher elevations inland, closing some schools and sparking concerns of power outages.
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Snow covers Kemp drive in Frostburg, Md. on Monday, April 23, 2012. A noreaster packing soaking rain and springtime snow churned up the Northeast on Monday, unleashing a burst of winter, closing some schools and triggering power outages in communities that were basking in record warmth a month ago.
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Snow blankets a wooded area in Jackson Township, Pa., Monday, April 23, 2012. A spring noreaster packing soaking rain and high winds churned up the Northeast Monday morning, unleashing a burst of winter and up to a foot of snow in higher elevations inland, closing some schools and sparking concerns of power outages.
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Snow blankets a deck and trees at a home in Jackson Township, Pa., Monday, April 23, 2012. A spring noreaster packing soaking rain and high winds churned up the Northeast Monday morning, unleashing a burst of winter and up to a foot of snow in higher elevations inland, closing some schools and sparking concerns of power outages.
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Snow blankets the trees and a road in Jackson Township, Pa., Monday, April 23, 2012. A spring noreaster packing soaking rain and high winds churned up the Northeast Monday morning, unleashing a burst of winter and up to a foot of snow in higher elevations inland, closing some schools and sparking concerns of power outages.
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Snow blankets daffodils in Saranac Lake, N.Y., Monday morning, April 23, 2012. A spring noreaster packing soaking rain and high winds churned up the Northeast Monday morning, unleashing a burst of winter and up to a foot of snow in higher elevations inland, closing some schools and sparking concerns of power outages. A Daffest is scheduled for this coming weekend in Saranac Lake where daffodils blooming all over the village were beaten down by slushy snow.
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Fran Kowalik takes a walk during a spring snowstorm in Akron, N.Y., Monday, April 23, 2012. A spring noreaster dumped up to six inches of snow east of Lake Ontario on Monday, and parts of western New York could see more than a foot of snow before the late-season storm moves on.
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Don Buckley takes his dog Gracie for a walk during a spring snowstorm in Akron, N.Y., Monday, April 23, 2012. A spring noreaster dumped up to six inches of snow east of Lake Ontario on Monday, and parts of western New York could see more than a foot of snow before the late-season storm moves on.
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A tulip is covered in wet snow during a spring snowstorm in Akron, N.Y., Monday, April 23, 2012. A spring noreaster dumped up to six inches of snow east of Lake Ontario on Monday, and parts of western New York could see more than a foot of snow before the late-season storm moves on.
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Evan Dreibelbis, 3, tries to avoid a snowball during a snowball fight in fresh snow in their front yard with his mother Dana Dreibelbis and sister Elle Monday, April 23, 2012 in Pine Grove Mills, Pa. A spring noreaster packing soaking rain and high winds churned up the Northeast Monday morning, unleashing a burst of winter and up to a foot of snow in higher elevations inland, closing some schools and sparking concerns of power outages.
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Canada geese and goslings travel in a spring snow in Pembroke, N.Y., Monday, April 23, 2012.
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Pittsburgh Pirates fans sit bundled in a Pittsburgh Steelers blanket while watching a baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pirates in Pittsburgh on Sunday, April 22, 2012. The Cardinals won 5-1. A spring noreaster rumbled along the East Coast on Sunday and was expected to bring rain and heavy winds and even snow in some places as it strengthens into early Monday, a punctuation to a relatively dry stretch of weather for the Northeast.
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A woman fishes on the West Branch of the AuSable River in Wilmington, N.Y., after a snowfall on Sunday, April 22, 2012. A spring noreaster along the East Coast on Sunday is expected to bring rain and heavy winds and even snow in some places as it strengthens into early Monday, a punctuation to a relatively dry stretch of weather for the Northeast.
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