Good Friday, folks. Much warmer winds are taking control of the pattern today and this wind will really kick in for the weekend. That’s when our temps make a run toward early summer readings and no one is going to be complaining about that. Once into next week, cue the complaints as colder air returns.

Given this is our first amazing weekend with sun and warm temps, I’m putting out a full-blown…

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Temps out there today will warm into the mid and upper 70s for many with an 80 in the west and south. Skies will be partly to mostly sunny after some clouds are noted early on.

Highs over the weekend reach 80-85 in all areas with partly to mostly sunny skies. Bring. It. On.

Monday finds a strong cold front slowly rolling across the region from the west. This brings showers and thunderstorms with it and some of the rain may be pretty heavy, especially in the west. You can see that on the rainfall forecasts from some of the models…

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EURO

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Another prolonged below normal temperature pattern settles in behind this next week and likely hangs around into early May.

The potential is there for frost and a light freeze later next week…

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As we look ahead to the month of May, we continue to find the CFS spitting out a colder than normal look…

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Not a surprise, but UGH.

Enjoy the gorgeous weather of this Friday and take care.