Wednesday, April 20, 2011

We get a break from the rain as the passing of that cold front sets the stage for high pressure and cooler temperatures into Thursday. Look for lows tonight will be in the upper 30s/low 40s under mostly clear skies. We'll keep the breezy ridge tops in the forecast this evening. Winds will die down overnight & fog will be allowed to develop in the early morning Thursday. Otherwise...

Sunshine is the headline for Thursday. Forecast will stay dry with temperatures struggling to hit 60. Lows Thursday night will be in the low 40s.

Warm front will lift north after midnight Thursday night bringing overcast skies & a few light sprinkles back to the area Friday. Temperatures during the day Friday will stay mild, in the upper 50s.

Another low pressure cold front out of the Central Plains will cross the Great Lakes Saturday. This will raise more high water flags across a large portion of our forecast area this weekend. The low pressure will draw plenty of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico & could dump 1.5-2" of additional rainfall to the Mountain State. Warmer air temperatures will ride into the region on southwest winds ahead of the front Friday night. Weekend highs will top out in the mid to upper 70s. These ingredients could combine to produce more severe weather with the potential for heavy downpours, damaging winds, hail, lightning and tornadoes.

Folks from the Central & Southern Plains all the way through the Ohio Valley & Appalachians will need to watch for severe weather alerts AND flood warnings this Easter weekend. Drier with warmer temperatures are eventually on tap as we start the last week of April.