Good Thursday morning, everyone. Sure enough, we’re back in the clouds as we get closer to wrapping up this week. Not only that, we have areas of scattered rain and t-storms to get the morning started. You can thank our next wave out in the Rocky Mountains for the returning rain.
While the brunt of the upper level wave stays just to our north, it’s still strong enough to work with an approaching cold front from the northwest to keep rain chances around for the morning. The plus side to the clouds and the rain this morning is that we aren’t starting off on a cool note. It’s still chilly this morning as temperatures are in the middle to upper 50s. As we head toward lunchtime, we’ll see this first round of showers and t-storms clear out. With some peaks of the sun and a south breeze, we should be able to get into the middle 60s to start the afternoon out.
As long as we’re still ahead of the cold front, we’ll hold onto a south breeze at 15-25 mph for the rest of the afternoon. Even if skies stay mostly cloudy for the afternoon, we’ll see temperatures top out around 70 for afternoon highs.
This evening should stay dry, but we’ll finally begin to see the cold front work in from the west. As it does, we’ll see additional rain develop during the overnight and for your Friday morning. Overnight, we’ll have temperatures drop back into the upper 50s as your Friday morning gets started.
The warmest we can go for Friday is about 60 degrees across the area, but we’ll actually hit that high late in the morning. The cold front passing through will switch our southerly wind back out of the north and bring in cooler air through the rest of the day. As the north wind kicks in behind the cold front, that will actually send us down into the 40s for Friday afternoon.
The front will continue to scoot off to the east as we head into Friday night and Saturday morning. That will slowly take the rain chances out of here and leave us dry after a few possible showers Saturday morning. Fortunately, we’re not expecting heavy rainfall with this round of rain and t-storms on the way. For most spots, we’ll have rain amounts at about half an inch or less by the time we start drying out Saturday morning.
While the departing cold front takes the rain chances out for the rest of your Saturday, it will be a chilly day. We’ll have to start cold in the upper 30s before we can warm back up into the middle to upper 50s across the region for Saturday afternoon.
Once we get into Sunday and early next week, we’ll see temperatures trend warmer as our next storm system starts to change things up once again. We’ll be watching for additional t-storm chances on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of next week. Don’t forget that Doug’s long range forecast into the middle of June is posted below.
Have a great Thursday!
Nick
Long range forecast into the middle of June:
Next Thursday-Saturday: We’ll stay dry and mild for Thursday before rain and t-storm chances return on Friday. Turning cooler for Saturday.
April 11th-18th: We’ll have a mild Sunday with some isolated t-storms possible. Cooler through the middle of the week with showers and t-storms for Monday through Wednesday. After a cool and dry Thursday, we’ll turn mild again for the weekend with some slight rain chances back in on Saturday.
April 19th-25th: We’ll stay mild Sunday through Thursday. Sunday will be dry before we see isolated t-storm chances for Monday. A strong storm system wants to bring strong to severe t-storms for Tuesday and Wednesday before we back things down to rain chances on Thursday. We’ll calm down and cool down a bit for the weekend.
April 26th-May 2nd: Temperatures stay mild for most of the week. We’ll watch for strong t-storm chances on Tuesday. After a dry Wednesday, we’ll have isolated t-storm chances return for Thursday. We’ll watch for strong to severe t-storms on Friday before we dry out and turn cooler for Saturday.
May 3rd-9th: We’re looking at a mild to warm week with our temperatures. The week starts dry before see slight t-storm chances return on Tuesday. We’ll watch for strong to severe t-storms on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before we calm things down for Saturday.
May 10th-16th: Another mild to warm week for us. We’ll have a slight chance for a few t-storms Sunday followed by a dry Monday. Another system will bring in rain and a few t-storms for Tuesday and Wednesday. After a dry Thursday, we’ll have a strong storm system work in for the coming weekend. Slight chances for strong to severe t-storms for Friday with a better shot on Saturday.
May 17th-23rd: We’ll start the week with a mild Sunday and Monday. Showers will be around for Sunday followed by a dry Monday. Mild to warm for Tuesday through Thursday. Strong to severe t-storms for Tuesday, rain on Wednesday and another shot for strong to severe t-storms Thursday. We’ll stay mild to warm as we calm things down for a dry Friday and Saturday.
May 24th-30th: The week starts warm with a system bringing strong to severe t-storms in for Sunday and Monday. After a dry and mild Tuesday, we’ll have another shot for strong to severe t-storms on a warm Wednesday. That system leaves us with a dry and mild Thursday before we warm up again for the weekend. We’ll watch for t-storm chances on Saturday.
May 31st-June 6th: The week starts with a warm Sunday with strong to severe t-storms to keep an eye on. We’ll stay mild for Monday before we warm back up with slight rain chances for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Friday and Saturday will stay dry as we stay warm.
June 7th-13th: The week starts with a warm Sunday with t-storm chances across the area. After a dry and mild Monday, we’ll watch for t-storm chances Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday is looking mild before we warm up again on Wednesday. Temperatures turn mild for the rest of the week with a slight chance for rain on Thursday.
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