Spring About To Take Another Hit
Boy, I sure don’t like our timing with this weather pattern that we’ve been in for seemingly the last month or so. I’m not sure when the last nice weekend was! Oh well, while we’re not looking at a total wash out this weekend, conditions are certainly going to be far less than ideal!
Our first round of showers and embedded thunderstorms will move through the region during mainly the daytime hours Saturday. Rainfall amounts of .25 to .50 are possible with round 1.
After a break in the precipitation Saturday evening into the majority of the daytime hours Sunday, a strong upper trough and associated strong cold front will crash in here Sunday evening, crossing the mountains around midday Monday. Some strong storms and heavy rain should accompany this round of precipitation, with rainfall amounts of .5 to 1″ not uncommon across a large portion of the region.
Once the front passes through the mountains, a MUCH colder air mass will build in with falling PM temps. Monday. I’m still looking at the possibility of some kind of upper level disturbance possibly providing some light precipitation to the region Monday evening, and if this is indeed the case, some of the precipitation could fall in the form of some light snow. Of course, we’re not talking about any kind of accumulations, but it’ll be one heck of a change from the recent summer-like warmth!
The more serious news Monday night and Tuesday night will be the threat of a frost or freeze across the entire county. Temperatures are likely headed for the 20s by Tuesday or Wednesday morning so definitely hold off on that gardening!
