Good Friday, everyone. Our frigid February is just about to come to and end and it’s all eyes on the month of March. It’s a month that is usually a very fickle month and probably my least favorite weather month of the entire year. The first week of March will illustrate why I think that way as we have some ugly, ugly stuff ahead.

Thermometers starting out our Friday will be near zero in the far north and in the low teens across the south. Highs today range from the upper teens north to mid 20s south. Yippee!

Saturday will start out with… wait for it… wait for it… some single digits! Afternoon temps hit the mid 20s in the north to the low 30s in the west and south. At least we have a little bit of sunshine. πŸ™‚

A super duper busy pattern then takes shape to usher in the 3rd month of the year. Our first system arrives Sunday and continues into Monday and should bring a wintry mix and rain. Watch the back and forth transition on the GFS…

GFSThat’s just ugly and a setup that will feature oscillating temperatures from north to south.

The Canadian Model is colder and has more frozen precipitation during this time…

Canadian

The next storm system rolls in later Tuesday and Wednesday and has much more of a heavy rain threat with it. The action may start out as a mix in the north on Tuesday, but gusty winds will blow a brief spike in temperatures into our region. Some thunder will be possible, but the greatest threat will be from the heavy rain.

Another storm system is likely to form on a VERY strong cold front moving in here later Wednesday and early Thursday. The GFS has been showing this very well for several runs in aΒ row…

GFS 2

GFS Snow

The Canadian Model is also picking up on that to a lesser extent…

Canadian 2

Early this week I said next week had a lot of possibilities and you are seeing that now playing out on the computer forecast models. Let’s just sit back and see where we go. Personally, I’m cheering on sunny and 80. Oh wait… that’s not an option.

I will update things later today. Make it a great Friday and take care.