Warming trend continues....

First off, a couple of nuggets four the Triad.....first of all, no winter weather this weekend. After for consecutive weekends of some type of wintry precip, a mild and quiet one this time around.

Secondly, if we hit 50 degrees today, it will be the first time since January 28 that PTI has recorded a temp of 50 degrees or higher.

The warming trend will continue today with highs in the low to mid 50s around the region. Look for mid to upper 50s tomorrow, with some lower 60s Sunday. We will see a sunny sky today, and then partly sunny skies over the weekend.

Our next shot at rain will arrive Monday. No wintry precip with that one....the cold air will be well north of us.

Don't get used to the milder weather....we will plunge back into a colder pattern as next week unfolds, and I expect well below average temps by the second half of next week.

The models are all over the place with potential storm systems next week, and I have zero confidence in any one solution from any one model. Watch and wait mode on that.....

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Kevin's Post......

Zonal flow will dominate the rest of the work week and right through our weekend as the trough moves out.This will bring our area much milder or more seasonable temperatures that we have seen in awhile. Today you can expect alot of sunshine with highs in the mid 40's and low's in the upper 20's. For the weekend, we will see mid 50's for highs and some places may even top out at 60. Monday will bring rain as a low pushes through with highs in the mid 40's. After Monday, I believe we will see nice days for Tuesday, Wednesday , and Thursday with highs in the mid 40's. Fridays forecast looks to be interesting with the GFS tossing around some snow chances but we will have to see how other models handle this as it approaches. Right now the models have the low suppressed to the south with a upper-level low over the NE. Things will become clearer by next week but until then get out this weekend and enjoy the milder weather because it wont last long as a trough will set back up over the SE.

Kevin Smith
kbsmith@uncc.edu

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Gradually getting milder....

Highs today will be roughly 5 degrees milder than yesterday in most spots...mainly mid to upper 40s. Look for a lot of sunshine as well.

We will keep the gradual warming trend going with some lower 50s tomorrow and mid to upper 50s this weekend...even some lower 60s in some spots.

Our next system will roll in Monday and bring us a chance of rain. That will be first in a new series of storm system to impact the southeastern US as we again enter an active storm track. We will also head back into a colder pattern next week.

I expect the cold and storm pattern to persist into March....

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