Wonderful Week Ahead!!

After last weeks' episode of winter mother nature is going to make up for her seasonal mistake, by providing us with above normal temperatures throughout much of the week across the state. Today saw clear skies throughout the state, with high temperatures ranging from 62 degrees to even a couple readings of 70. Tomorrow should be much the same, with even an increase in highs by an average of 5 degrees. Yes, that means highs tomorrow across the state should range from the mid 60s to the mid 70s! With once again, no precipitation, just nice clear blue skies.

A weak wave will enter the picture late Monday into Tuesday, this likely providing some cloud cover over the state that will keep highs down to more of a normal range. Not enough moisture is likely to be in place for this system, as well as the fact that it will be fairly weak will lead to the lack of actual precipitation over the state. Once this system moves through, temperatures will take a day to recover, with highs on Wednesday also being close to normal range of mid 50s to mid 60s. Lows should be above freezing, although still chilly when in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Thursday will see the temperatures as well as moisture begin to return to the area, even stronger than before with southerly winds ahead of the next system. Highs from 60-70 seem reasonable on Thursday, with the mid 60s to lower 70s on Friday and then the warmest day on Saturday as of the current forecast with a range of mid 60s to at least mid 70s, although a few upper 70s may not be out of the question. Sunday currently as highs just slightly lower than Saturday, this is due to the discrepancy of models in how the strongest system will move through during the weekend. To focus more on this, one weak system will likely move through on Thursday night/Friday bringing a small chance of showers/thunderstorms. A much stronger system will then move into the picture on Saturday and Sunday, as a warm front moves north over the state on Saturday, likely causing thunderstorms. Sunday will see the low pressure system potentially move over the state, pulling through the actual cold front and a possible triple point setup over the region. These two days in the weekend currently hold some potential for severe weather, with at least a good chance of general thunderstorms. More details on this system as it comes into focus, for now it's time to enjoy the warm spring temperatures!