Onshore Flow Breaks Down As Warmer Air Heads North
Showers Storms Midday Easter Sunday
Thankfully the “curse of the onshore flow” will be breaking down today though it is going to take longer for that to occur at the coast verses inland areas but the trend is for slow improvement. We can see low clouds thinning out on satellite loops this morning as a warm front struggles northward but it should make it and it actually weakens as it moves northward. A slow decrease in clouds and a slow increase in breaks of sunshine is the forecast for today. Highs should be able to reach the 70s away from the ocean. Coastal areas will be in the 50s to near 60 this afternoon. At least it is a lot better than yesterday when temperatures struggled to get out of the 40s.
SATELLITE WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES
WEATHER RADAR
Dying showers inland on the radar should be gone soon and we do not expect any rain through Saturday night so that is a plus. Look for low clouds tonight that could develop especially near the coast. Most lows Saturday morning will be in the 50s to near 60 degrees which is above the average daytime high for this time of year!
Easter Sunday brings some changes. A developing storm system in the Central Plains heads for the Great Lakes Saturday with the trailing cold front moving eastward, reaching the coast sometime midday Sunday. Ahead of the front we will see a line of showers and thunderstorms develop and move through. Due to the front moving through early in the day verses late in the afternoon should keep us out of severe weather risk.
Figure 10am to 1pm as the window for some rain and we could wind up with a quarter to a half inch out of this especially in areas that see heavier downpours. Weather conditions should improve quickly once the front passes and Sunday afternoon should see some sunshine return. Temperatures Sunday will top out in the upper 60s and lower 70s before the front passes and then ease lower later in the day.
The first half of next week will see colder than normal temperatures through Wednesday. It should be dry though we do have a weak system coming through Tuesday that could produce a few cold rain showers and maybe even a snowflake or two in elevated areas inland. The upper atmosphere will be cold supporting this colder than average temperature scheme. We should warm up some for late week and we do not see any widespread rain events anytime soon.
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