OUT WITH THE BAD...

3 minutes ago
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This rambunctous weather pattern we've dealt with the past week is ready to take a breather. The high amplitude flow featuring multiple storms and much need precipitation flattens. the next 4 days look warmer and a lot more quiet. When I say warmer, I'm talking highs close to 70 Friday and 75 to 80 Saturday, putting us about 30 degrees above normal!

Looking at the 500mb jet stream flow between now and Saturday, notice height rises associated with a building ridge over the southwest. That changes the source region of our air mass delivering the warmer readings.

Temperature departures go from 25 below normal Tuesday to more than 30 degrees above normal Saturday. Take a look.

Tuesday temperature departures,

Saturday temperature departures. Big spreads like this are common in March, but we have really seen our share of extremes since the month arrived.

The westerly flow gulf moisture cut-off and delivers what looks to be 7 days of dry weather. This is what the GFS indicates for rainfall through next Wednesday. Zip...

After decompressing for 7 days, the week to pattern is shown ramping up with 2-3 systems capable of dropping some healthy rains. The GFS has amounts that look like this March 24th through the 31st.

Long range temperatures on the EURO are a classic example of March's fickle nature. Two steps forward, two steps back.

Anyway, the last few days of winter, promise to be good ones through Saturday. Fortunately the quiet stretch comes at a good time so I am cutting this short. I have some funky illness that's giving me a fever, chills, and a non-stop power headache. I've spent most of the day in bed and get to see Dr. Tevabaugh at 9:00 in the morning. He's a weather geek so you know he's a good doctor. Roll weather...TS

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