Thursday, February 28, 2019

feb to march transition... (pm.28.feb.19)>

Thursday's stats:

Low temp: 33.3ºF (0.7ºC)
High temp: 47.7ºF (8.7ºC)
Precipitation: none

After a very cold dawn, with temperatures very near or a bit below freezing all across town, bright sunshine appeared... providing us with a really nice morning, as temperatures quickly rebounded.  There was the expected build-up of cloudiness just before noon, but we still had the sun coming into the picture off and on through the rest of the day.  In spite of the sunshine, it was a cold end to the month of February 2019.

A milder air mass is trying to push northward right now... but at the same time, there is a new storm system developing off to our west.  The most recent models are accelerating the arrival of the next round of precipitation -- in the form of rain and thundershowers -- as early as mid-day Saturday.  In the meantime, we'll see periods of cloudiness with (hopefully) a bit of sun mixed in.

The risk of rain showers and thunder will hang around through Sunday into Monday, with a chance of an isolated shower or two even into Tuesday.  Although temps will stay cooler than we would want for early March, it will be milder than what we've recently endured into the middle of next week.

Check THE 7-DAY OUTLOOK for forecast details...