Reuters: U.S.: What spring? Snow snarls traffic, flights on East Coast

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What spring? Snow snarls traffic, flights on East Coast Mar 25th 2013, 13:42 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Powerful storm blankets parts of U.S. Midwest with snow Sun, Mar 24 2013 Severe U.S. storm brings heavy snow, baseball-sized hail Sat, Mar 23 2013 UPDATE 2-Severe U.S. storm brings heavy snow, baseball-sized hail Sat, Mar 23 2013 Severe U.S. storm to bring heavy snow, possible tornadoes Sat, Mar 23 2013 Punxsutawney Phil charged with fraud for early spring forecast Fri, Mar 22 2013 Highlights from all the NCAA brackets.  Slideshow  1 of 2. The White House is blanketed in snow during an early spring snowstorm in Washington March 25, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Mary F. Calvert Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:42am EDT (Reuters) - The first Monday of spring brought snow instead of sunshine along the East Coast, snarling the morning commute in the densely populated stretch between Washington and New York. A storm that had dropped significant amounts of snow across the Midwest over the weekend rolled across Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New Jersey, bringing a slushy mix of snow and rain that prompted school closings and contributed to traffic accidents around the region. The National Weather Service had winter storm warnings in effect from Massachusetts to South Carolina, with as much as 10 inches recorded in mountainous parts of West Virginia and up to a foot expected in Pittsburgh. "Right now the eastern suburbs of (Washington) D.C. are still seeing moderate it snow and it's extending up through Baltimore and into northeastern Maryland," said Heather Sheffield, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sterling, Virginia. She said the storm was moving north and snow showers were expected through the day. Some 448 flights in the United States had been canceled, mostly in the New York City area, according to FlightAware.com. Winter's stubborn persistence on the fifth day after the official start of spring has started to take a toll on some parts of the country. Last week an Ohio prosecutor said he would like to charge Punxsutawney Phil, the prognosticating groundhog who in February called for an early spring, with fraud. (Reporting By Scott Malone in Boston; Editing by Doina Chiacu) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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