The Boomerang

Weak high pressure built into the area Friday, giving us a pleasant end to a flippy floppy week of weather. Despite the fact that temps were a bit on the cool side, it was not a bad way to end the last Saturday in March. However, strong low pressure has since moved into the area from the Ohio Valley, providing yet another soggy Sunday. Widespread and numerous showers will continue through early Monday morning. New rainfall amounts should be held in check under .25 inches and we should even see a lull in the action for a few hours early Monday morning.

The brief pause in precipitation will last long enough to give the dog a well-deserved bathroom break before rain showers return sometime Monday. Wrap around moisture will stall over north central West Virginia, and rain showers will gradually diminish by Tuesday evening. The low pressure system will quickly exit to the northeast, but expect a few lingering clouds and temperatures on the cool side until Wednesday. Nighttime temps will continue to check in just a few degrees above freezing for the next few nights.

Once we endure the cool/moist Monday & Tuesday, the rest of next week will really boomerang! Look for deep ridging to provide massive high pressure over the entire eastern half of the U.S. Temps will reach the mid to upper 60s Wednesday. Nighttime temps will even out in the low to mid 40s. Skies will be for the most part cloudless and temps will soar into the 70s and 80s by next weekend!! So we'll end March on a cool/moist note; we start April with wonderful weather! Attention will turn to fire hazards by Saturday. Take every precaution if you plan to build an outdoor fire, especially by next weekend. Precip from our west will arrive next Sunday/Monday to douse any leftover couch fires. Till then, happy trails!!


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