Good morning!   Our taste of May in early April continues for now.  Wednesday’s high was 86, and mid 80’s are likely again today through Saturday, before another big cool-down. Spotty, random, scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will pop up mostly in the afternoon and evening hours again today through Saturday. The best chance of showers and storms will be late Saturday night and Easter Sunday morning along and ahead of a cool front.  Sunday and Monday will be several degrees cooler. Lows fall back to the 40’s for several nights starting Sunday night. Here’s my brief video forecast discussion.

TODAY:  Sun/cloud mix, continued warm.  High near 87.   Random isolated mostly late afternoon and evening showers & storms possible.  Most towns will stay dry. (Normal 76/49)

TONIGHT:  Partly cloudy and mild.  Low 62.

NEXT FEW DAYS:    It feels more like May for now.   Highs will be in the 80’s each day through Saturday.  Lows will be mostly in the lower 60’s.  Spotty, random, scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will pop up mostly in the afternoon and evening hours again Friday.  The best rain chance will along and ahead of a weekend frontal system, especially late Saturday night and Easter Sunday morning.  Then it will turn much cooler behind the Easter weekend front.   Lows fall back to the 40’s for several nights  starting Sunday night.  Monday’s high will barely reach 70.

Looks like the main Easter Weekend event will be, ahead of the cool. front, Sunday morning sometime Dawn and lunchtime Sunday.

At this point SPC does not officially have us in an Easter Sunday Severe Risk — but if I was a bettering man, that’s almost certainly going to happen.

Here’s the rainfall outlook through Monday.  Notice the heaviest projected rainfall will be across the northwest half of the state.

The 10 Day model Blend Temperature Trend.  Mid 80’s each day through Saturday.  Then much cooler behind the Easter weekend front.   Lows fall back to the 40’s starting Sunday night.  (Normal hi/lo 76/49)

BEACH FORECAST: Risk of Weekend scattered showers and thunderstorm risk during Easter weekend. Temperatures will be a  little below normal.  Red flags. High Risk Current Risk.

POLLEN FORECAST:  The pollen forecast remains in the high range each day.

Thanks for reading this Blog this morning. This morning we are LIVE on the radio from 6 to 9 on NewsTalk 93.1.  I’ll have another update for you in the 4  o’clock hour tomorrow morning. You can also watch us during our morning show on You Tube and Facebook. Search Newstalk 93.1. Have a nice day.

–Rich