Forecast Last Updated at Sunday, March 9, 2014 at 6:04PM

Looking Good, Feeling Good

Temperatures finished just a few notches below yesterday thanks to a cold front that came through this morning. Milder air invades to start the work week with a two-day stretch of unseasonably warm conditions. However, despite the time change and good feeling weather it is technically early March, don't get too used to it. Snow is in the forecast by Thursday.

Sunday Hi: 54 Lo: 34 Clear tonight; West wind 5-15 mph

Monday Hi: 59 Lo: 42 Scattered clouds; Mild & sunny; West wind 10-20 mph & gusty

Tuesday Hi: 62 Lo: 45 Clouds increase late; Pleasant temperatures; West wind 10-20 mph; Chance for light rain late Tues. night

Wednesday Hi: 55 Lo: 21 Cloudy; Showers (maybe late day or evening thunder); Turning much colder at night with rain ending as light snow and snow showers

Thursday Hi: 31 Lo: 23 Early snow showers possible; Then clearing but very cold

Further Out

Friday - Sunny; Closer to normal temperatures; High in the upper 40s; Low in the lower 30s
Saturday - Scattered clouds; A nice Saturday; High in the lower 50s; Low in the lower 30s

Forecast Discussion

Clouds decreased quickly late this morning as drier air filled in behind a cold front that is well to our southeast. For most folks the time change is a welcomed event, but it certainly is strange to have daylight so late into the evening. A warm westerly flow is the name of the game Monday through Wednesday sending temperatures an easy 10 or more degrees above normal the next two days. Changes occur for the middle of the week, the first signal is rain Wednesday, then things turn really cold.

Here is the story, in the medium term there are two significant areas of low pressure moving across the country. One will march across the Gulf Coast and the other coming out of the Central Plains on a journey through the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys continuing northeast. It is the latter of the two that is of more consequence with a big-time March snow storm on the table up north. Barring any significant track changes the snow bulls eye will be in the Ohio Valley, interior Northeast, and New England. Closer to home we are on the warm side of the storm so the result is for showers Wednesday, possibly an isolated thunderstorm late in the day, and then a turn to January cold for Thursday. It will be cold enough for rain to end as light snow and snow showers Thursday with minor accumulations.

Such is the case in a transient weather month the cold doesn't last long. More seasonal temperatures quickly return Friday heading into the weekend.

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