Good Wednesday to one and all. Mild temps continue, but we do have a few showers working across parts of the region. This is the first of two systems set to impact our region before the coming weekend. Beyond that, things start to change up as we get closer to the final week of March.
Temps today are deep into the 60s once again with a mix of sun and clouds. There’s a weak system rolling across the Tennessee Valley and this is throwing a shower or two into the Bluegrass state. The majority of this is across the south and southeast, but one or two may sneak a little farther north.
Here are your radars to follow along…
Thursday features a mix of sun and clouds with temps in the upper 60s to around 70. This is ahead of a system rolling in for Friday with scattered showers and thunderstorms…
The EURO is slowing this system down and keeps a few showers going through Saturday…
Other models are faster taking this thing through here. If the EURO is correct, Saturday is a damp and chilly day with Sunday showing up as a slow starter. Move along, little low!
Once that system does leave us, temps recover toward 70 early next week. That’s ahead of another storm system bringing showers and storms to us by late Tuesday and Wednesday…
That’s ahead of a bigger trough working through here…
From there, there’s a little model fight going on for the final days of March. The EURO Ensembles show a colder look…
The GFS has a milder look at the same time…
The difference being the look across the Alaska. More trough there would help keep more of a ridge going downstream into the continental US and that’s what the GFS is showing.
Speaking of looking down the road, the seasonal model known as the CFS has a near normal look for April…
The turns it much colder for May…
That’s actually something we have seen each of the past two springs. Sigh.
The model keeps that cooler look into June…
What about the 3 month precipitation numbers? Are you shocked at things looking wetter than normal?
With another La Nina likely through the summer, I don’t expect a lot of change from what we had last spring and summer.
Have a wonderful Wednesday and take care.
I like temps. to be below normal during the summer months. I like what I am seeing in June.
Thanks Chris, Interesting Spring and Summer Coming up.
According to the seasonal model shown, the Chicago area is predicted to have above normal temps for April, May, and June.
It’s well into the 60s today with a breezy SW wind and a sun/cloud mix.
I’m not buying the cold spring and summer.