Warmer, colder. Blizzard next week.
Loyal weather-friends,
Well it sure felt like spring this weekend and today, as temperatures rose into the low 60s. But don’t put away those coats and hats just yet: big changes are in the forecast. For reals. I don’t think we’re going to see temperatures in the 60s again until April.
Rain develops later tonight (10-11) and intensifies overnight. Temperatures hold steady in the lower 50s right through late morning. Rain will be heavy at times, particularly late Tuesday morning and Tuesday afternoon, before tapering by late afternoon. Breezy, too.
As a cold front moves through, temperatures will plummet from an afternoon high in the mid 50s to a low early Wednesday morning in the mid 30s.
Overcast, chilly, and windy on Wednesday with a high in the upper 40s; overnight lows will dip into the upper 20s.
Thursday will be partly sunny, even windier, and even colder: highs in the low to mid 40s; lows in the low to mid 20s.
Friday looks sunnier with diminishing wind. High in the mid 40s, low in the low 30s.
The weekend looks partly sunny (Saturday) and partly cloudy (Sunday) with the chance of a few snow showers Saturday night. Highs will be in the mid 40s, lows in the low 30s.
Next week begins with a rainy Monday, followed by a snowy Tuesday. Seriously, several models are indicating a blizzard for our area on the 19th. Some of the material is compelling, but jeez… didn’t we just go careening down this road like giddy little schoolgirls, only to have our snow-day hopes dashed by a cruelly indifferent Mother Nature?
[Sidetrack: When I fretted aloud about the forecast (and the fact that my entire faux-meteorological reputation was at stake) before the non-event last week, one of my colleagues said sympathetically, “I get it. This is your Super Bowl.” Well, my friends, if this was my Super Bowl, then I was Janet Jackson in the 2004 halftime show, haplessly scrambling to cover the exposed right boob of my forecasting ineptitude, which had been laid bare by a ruthless Justin Timberlake (aka Mother Nature). Perhaps the metaphor is a bit strained, perhaps it is inapt. But I think I’ve made my point.]
Where was I? Oh, this blizzard on Tuesday the 19th. I’m not making any public statements on this one yet.
Next week will end with chilly rain, too. Highs in the low to mid 40s, rainy on the 22nd and 23rd.
Warmer thereafter – ending the month in the 50s, starting April in the 60s. Expect rain and clouds, though.
Stay tuned for updates!