Maine Turnpike in Portland, Near Exit 47 Maine State Police assist a motorist whose car spun out and ended up on it’s roof near the Northbound Exit 47 on the Maine Turnpike. No word of injuries or damage. (iWitness/Michael Leonard) Just days before the official start of spring, Winter Storm Ukko blanketed the Midwest and Northeast with heavy, wet snow. While not the latest snowstorm on record, it is certainly a reminder that winter is far from over in many...

Maine Turnpike in Portland, Near Exit 47 Maine State Police assist a motorist whose car spun out and ended up on it’s roof near the Northbound Exit 47 on the Maine Turnpike. No word of injuries or damage. (iWitness/Michael Leonard) BOSTON -- New Englanders were preparing for another messy day of snow as they welcomed spring's unseasonable arrival. Forecasts called for as much as 16 inches of snow in parts of northern New England through Wednesday morning, bringing slippery road...

Winter Storm Ukko has moved off into eastern Canada. (MORE: How Much Snow Fell?) Rain/Snow Now Snow Forecast There is still some light snow over far northern Maine, but the widespread snow has come to an end over the rest of New England. (CITIES: Portland | Bangor | Caribou) Wrap-around, lake-effect snow will persist in parts of the Great Lakes snowbelts through Thursday. This activity will focus on the Lake Ontario and Lake Erie snowbelts Wednesday and Thursday. Lake-effect or...

Maine Turnpike in Portland, Near Exit 47 Maine State Police assist a motorist whose car spun out and ended up on it’s roof near the Northbound Exit 47 on the Maine Turnpike. No word of injuries or damage. (iWitness/Michael Leonard) Above: Photos from Winter Storm Ukko. The Weather Channel named Winter Storm Ukko on March 17, 2013. Ukko brought a swath of snow from the Northern Rockies across the Upper Midwest and eventually into the Northeast. Ukko's snow finally finished...

New Haven, Conn. A neighborhood near New Haven, Conn., is buried in snow in the aftermath of a storm that hit Connecticut and much of New England. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) The calendar may say spring, but the winter of 2012-2013 is still kicking. (MORE: ) As punches from the Rockies into the Mid-Atlantic this weekend, we wanted to highlight some of the most poignant images of the season so far. The slideshow above unveils 25 photos that illustrate the power...

Takoma Park, Md. Chris Myers Asch gives his daughter Miriam Asch, 5, a little push down a hill at Takoma Park Middle School as a wet and heavy snow falls during Winter Storm Virgil on March 25, 2013 in Takoma Park, Maryland. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Winter Storm Virgil is burying thoughts of spring across several states. Dozens of flights have been canceled and commutes have turned treacherous from the Rockies to the Mid-Atlantic. The system will exit off the East...

Winter Storm Virgil is killing all thoughts of spring, as it cancels hundreds of flights and slowing morning commutes in the Midwest and Northeast. "This is going to be a far cry from what they dealt with in St. Louis and Denver over the weekend," said meteorologist Mike Seidel, reporting from Frederick, Md."The snow's having a hard time sticking because it was in the 40's yesterday." (MORE: Track Winter Storm VirgilVirgil Snow Reports) The wide-ranging storm is headed toward the...

Takoma Park, Md. Chris Myers Asch gives his daughter Miriam Asch, 5, a little push down a hill at Takoma Park Middle School as a wet and heavy snow falls during Winter Storm Virgil on March 25, 2013 in Takoma Park, Maryland. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Weather Channel named Winter Storm Virgil on Friday, March 22, 2013. Winter Storm Virgil dumped a long swath of snow roughly along the length of the I-70 corridor from Utah east to Maryland, along...

PITTSBURGH -- An Ohio prosecutor who light-heartedly filed a criminal indictment against the famous Pennsylvania groundhog who fraudulently "predicted" an early spring said he may consider a pardon now that the animal's handler is taking the blame. Bill Deeley, president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle, told The Associated Press on Monday that the animal rightly predicted six more weeks of winter last month, but he mistakenly announced an early spring because he failed to correctly interpret Phil's "groundhog-ese."...

The Jefferson Memorial is seen under cherry blossoms on March 23, 2012 at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON -- The spring snow is not expected to affect Washington's famous cherry blossoms. National Park Service spokeswoman Carol Johnson says Monday's snow should not affect the predicted peak bloom dates for the flowering trees. The cherry blossoms are still expected to reach peak bloom between April 3 and April 6. (WATCH: See What Could Spoil Your Spring)...

United States: Warmer Winters Climate change is making the world, on average, a warmer place. The United States is no exception. The graph above shows average temperature data for the last 117 meteorological winters (December through February, 1895-96 to 2011-2012) for the contiguous 48 states, taken directly from the National Climatic Data Center, an arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The red line is the long-term trend line; while it doesn't capture smaller-scale trends, it shows that overall...

Time to End the Debate (AP Photo/Winslow Townson) It's a known fact -- everybody thinks their town is the best in the country at dealing with snow. We hear the trash talk on our social media sites. It's always something like, "They got 6 inches of snow and everything shut down? That's nothing to us ... we still go to work when there's 2 feet on the ground!" However, this winter has humbled a few towns that used to think...