Highlights:
- Unseasonably warm conditions continue
- Strong-severe t-storm potential Friday PM
- Much colder this weekend
Spring-Like Weather Continues…A weak weather system will create the chance of showers into this afternoon, but many more dry hours can be expected than wet. In fact, some neighborhoods won’t even see a drop of rain today. The bigger news? A continuation of unseasonably warm, April-like, temperatures. In fact, we’ll turn even warmer for the second half of the work week and get back to dry time Wednesday and most of Thursday.
A strong cold front will sweep through the state Friday night. Ahead of this front, shower and thunderstorm coverage will increase Friday afternoon into the evening hours. Some of these storms may become strong to severe and include damaging straight line winds and hail.
We’ll then turn much colder Friday night and that will set the stage for a more seasonable weekend. Snow flurries may fly in the blustery northwest flow Saturday. A fast-moving weather maker will then spread a mixture of rain and wet snow across the state Sunday evening into early Monday. Confidence is low on timing of this late weekend system and fine tuning will be required moving forward.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: Trace – Dusting
- Rainfall: 0.25″ – 0.75″
Highlights:
Despite the lack of sunshine this morning, temperatures continue to run much milder than average. We’re currently running nearly 20° above where we should be at the 9a hour.
A quiet start to the work week is ahead as high pressure dominates early on. That said, a weak storm system will scoot through the state Monday night and Tuesday morning and this will help offer up the chance of showers and perhaps a rumble of thunder.
The next (more significant) storm system will pose a severe weather risk to close the week. We continue to keep a close eye on Friday and the Storm Prediction Center is as well, with western IL, IN, and western KY in their Day 6 Outlook. It’s still early, but the primary focus with the severe potential this storm may pose will be large hail and damaging straight line winds. Stay tuned as we continue to analyze the latest data.
We’ll turn sharply colder Friday night and Saturday. Though it’ll feel much colder, we’ll really only “chill” to seasonal levels, including a gusty northwesterly breeze Saturday.
Longer-term, we’re rumbling into a much more active weather pattern through the mid range period. As the mean trough sets-up position in the west, the ridge will flex it’s muscle across the east yet again during early portions of Week 2. This will set the stage for a repeat of what we deal with Friday and, accordingly, we’ll have to monitor early next week for portions of severe weather yet again.
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