Easter Sunday Sunrise Weather

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By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist

Apr 6, 2012; 2:15 PM ET

Much of the United States and the globe will have benign weather conditions for sunrise services on Easter Sunday, 2012. However, there will be a few exceptions.
A chilly, even frosty, start to the day is in store for the Northeast. There is a chance of some wet snow for portions of Maine.
Tranquil weather is in store for the Southeast. However, there may be a passing shower along Florida's east coast and the southern counties and Keys.
Farther west, we find a few trouble spots over the Plains and the Upper Midwest. Showers and thunderstorms are possible in portions of northern and western Texas to parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Farther north, cold, gusty winds will buffet the Dakotas and Minnesota. Windswept snow will affect a large part of Manitoba and neighboring areas of North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota Easter Sunday morning.

Much of the West will be free of storms. However, there will likely be fresh snow on the ground and perhaps quite a bit of it in portions of Montana, Idaho, northwestern Wyoming and southern Saskatchewan from the recent storm.
A new storm from the Pacific Ocean will approach the coastal areas of the Northwest, but showers may hold off until later Sunday and Sunday night in many locations.

Elsewhere in Canada, rain showers and breezy conditions are in store for Newfoundland, while snow mixes in farther west over part of the eastern townships of Quebec.
Across the miles, unsettled weather will occur in Iceland and portions of Europe, namely in parts of western Russia and the Adriatic, western Balkan and Baltic regions.

Easter Sunday Sunrise Weather