Good Monday, folks. We have a powerful cold front surging into the region today and this will create rounds of showers and thunderstorms. Some of these could be strong with some MUCH needed rainfall likely. What comes after the storms will steal the weather show. Record to near record cold temps are possible this week.

We need rain! The recent underperforming storms of the past 10 days have really dried things out and you saw that coming into play with the scorching temps on Sunday. Today’s front has a good shot at bringing beneficial rainfall to the region into early Tuesday. Some areas do run the risk of too much of a good thing and we will have to watch for local high water issues.

A few of the storms may be strong or locally severe… especially across the southern half of the state.

Temps will be MUCH cooler today and may not get much past the upper 70s to low 80s because of clouds and rain. Those numbers may be the warmest we see all week. Check out the huge dip in the jet stream coming over the next few days…

Euro 2

That is something straight out of winter and isn’t something you see a lot in summer. The cool numbers coming in behind this could be record setters for lows and lowest high temps. The NAM has low and mid 70s for Tuesday…

NAM

Record lows may go down by Wednesday morning with upper 40s to low 50s possible with clear skies. Check out the GFS numbers…

GFS 2We will keep the 70s for highs Wednesday into Thursday with a partly sunny sky. A potential old fashioned rain maker will try to work our way by Friday into Saturday. The European Model…

EuroThat could be a VERY cool rain… if it actually materializes.

Ok… let’s get your Monday weather trackers out there…

Today’s risk area

Latest Day 1 convective outlook

Current watches

Current Watches

Possible watch areas Current MDs

Have a great day and take care.