Good Friday, everyone. One severe weather maker is quickly moving away from us, but another is on the way for the weekend. This looks to arrive Saturday night and is part of a series of strong cold fronts moving through the region.
Winds are still gusty out there to start the day as cooler air surges in behind our departing storm. Clouds will be stubborn for some areas, but should decrease into the afternoon with temps in the 60s.
Saturday is a very windy and warm day as highs hit the 70s ahead of our next system. A few showers and storms may flare up during the day, but the main action arrives Saturday night as a strong cold front drops in from the northwest. This looks to bring rounds of strong to severe storms back into the Commonwealth.
The models are in good agreement with this scenario…
GFS
EURO
The Storm Prediction Center is highlighting much of the state in the Saturday severe storms risk…
That likely gets expanded farther east through Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Temps rebound into early next week ahead of another big time cold front set to arrive later in the week. This one has much colder air behind it…
Temps may go from way above normal to way below normal as we end March and begin April…
That cold wouldn’t last long as temps shoot right back up behind all that.
The active spring I’ve been promoting continues to look… Active. Lots of severe weather chances are on the spring weather menu.
Have a great day and take care.
Thanks Chris, around 0.86 inches of rain in my backyard. Yesterday evening we had very threatening clouds with some wind gust and periods of showers. No rotation was detected here. Before midnight we had a very high wind gust and heavy rain for a short period and then it became quiet.
Little too soon for another’copy cat’ severe weather event. I hope and pray it just brings showers, but we shall see.
It seems that almost yearly there is an April freeze or frost in my area. I don’t think the plant life is out far enough to have any real damage, but some plants may need protection.