A Look At Our Temperatures to End the Work Week
With highs through Friday expected to be in the 70s, we do have the possibility of breaking a record to finish the week.
The forecast high for Friday is currently 77°. The standing record on February 22nd all the way from 1890 is 77°. So, with our forecast high being so close to the current record, I’d keep an eye on Friday
We expect the light rain to continue on/off through the evening. By midnight, rain will be winding down and moving east of us.
Wednesday and Thursday will remain warm, despite a good bit of cloud cover. Tonight’s rain should end during the AM hours of Wednesday. A slight chance of showers exists for Thursday, but nothing too significant that would warrant changing your plans. Check out the highs for these two days, both well into the 70s:
Potentially Record High Temperatures This Week
Not only will our high temps stay in the 70s throughout the week, we do have a couple days that we could tango with the current record.
Today, we came close to the record of 78° which occurred in 2014, but we ended up a degree short. So no new record for today.
All these temps will be close to record highs, running 15° to 20° above the average temp for late February.
Let’s unpack those rain chances from the crap-app posted above.
Models remain inconsistent in predicting this event. One model (the GFS) thinks most of the rain will go south of us. The other model (the Euro) also has most of the rain south of us, but thinks we will get some rain during the day. The NAM3 model is getting into range (it’s posted below, looking at the wee hours of Tuesday morning through lunch), and it too has very little/no rain for us. It’ll be a cloudy day for sure, but for now (check back on this) my gut says only a small amount of rain Tuesday.
Showers have continued to move off to the east, with some clearing beginning to move in. Rest of the evening looks to be tranquil with clouds continuing to move out.
Southerly flow will continue pumping in warm air on Sunday. Most areas will soar above 70° during the afternoon! Any reason to get outside will be worth it.
Over the next several days, our temps will remain steadily in the 60s and 70s for our highs. The only “break” in the 70° trend will come tomorrow when some showers pass through the area and bring clouds with it (more on this later).
Tomorrow, high temps will be pushing 70°.
In consequence to warmer weather comes the opportunity for showers on Saturday afternoon. The GFS below indicates a light lunchtime rain that quickly exits to the east by early Sunday morning.
We still have a few lingering clouds this afternoon as shown by the current satellite imagery below.
These clouds will continue to drift to the east, and decrease through the rest of the afternoon into the evening. The rest of the week appears to have plenty of sunshine.
Maybe some chocolate can make up for it?
Updated: We have entered a lull in the wet weather. Via the latest HRRR model, rain is expected to continue eventually resume:
A much better coverage of light to moderate rain will work into our area later this evening, continuing overnight.
Our clear skies from today have already begun to transition into cloudy skies. As we make our way through the evening, expect for a clouds to continue to move in ahead of tomorrow’s rain.
Luckily, we will stay dry tonight. Enjoy your evening!
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