Thursday, April 21, 2011

A warmup is coming

While our March type weather continues across NE Ohio, it looks like a warmup is set for next week.  Our normal daytime highs should be in the low 60s.  I think next week we're going to be able to hit that mark.  Daytime highs should be in the 60s with even a day or two in the 70s.  Rain is still in the forecast, but in general next week will be a lot better than this week.  WooHoo!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Mother Nature's mood swings continue

It's going to be another one of those weeks...Mother Nature is going to go through more mood swings. Temperatures are going to start off the week below normal...then, on Wednesday, we will get this surge of warm air that will bounce the daytime high up to 70 or higher. That will be followed by a drop of 20 degrees on Thursday as the temperature only gets into the 50s. And, just to make it fun, we may get to experience some severe weather midweek as the jet stream races right over top of us while on the surface the warm and cold air clash. Wonderful!

So you ask, when is it going to get warm and stay warm? That may not happen until mid-May. Sorry.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Finally it's warm!

Finally I think we're turned the corner.  That's not to say that cool temperatures are not in the forecast, but even seasonal temperatures are not that bad compared to the past few weeks. Our normal high for mid-April should be in the upper 50s and then in the mid 60s by the end of the month.

While today (Sunday) and tomorrow will be considerably above normal temperature-wise, we will drop back to reality on Tuesday. A fairly rigorous cold front is due to cross the state Monday afternoon and that's going to bring with it some thunderstorms. Actually, we may have some left over overnight storms during the morning and then some new ones during the afternoon. Some of those afternoon storms could become a bit nasty. You will want to keep up with the forecast tomorrow, but expect to hear the sound of thunder as you go through your day. That's not a bad thing. It just means that summer is closer.