Good Monday morning and Happy Halloween! We’ve got perfect trick-or-treating weather for us today and into this evening. After the fog and clouds clear out we’ll be left with mostly clear to partly cloudy skies across the area and highs near 70°.

For your drive home, we’ve got that pleasant looking green light as we’re mostly clear and in the 60s with no strong winds pushing you around today.

For this evening, we dip down to the upper 40s for lows, but ahead of that, if you’ve got some trick-or-treating or other outdoor Halloween plans, we’re decent in the 50s through the evening under partly cloudy skies.

We are watching an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms as we head into the upcoming weekend. We’re watching the possibility of some strong to severe storms and some heavy rain. While we don’t need the severe weather, we do need the rain as we’re slowly starting to see improvements in the drought tracker.

A look at your 7-day forecast is below.

-Chris

7-DAY FORECAST

I hope you had a great week and of course ready for the weekend.  We had the good rains on Monday and Tuesday and then a few showers on Thursday night.  We do has some rain chances in the forecast for the weekend.  These will be light, but we need more rain.

Mainly just cloudy most of the day on Saturday.  However, we will start to get some showers in here late in the afternoon and into the evening hours.  Most of these will be light and along and south of the I-44 corridor.  Light showers continue into the overnight hours.  Lets look at late evening.

Light showers continue into Sunday morning.

Still mostly cloudy skies on Sunday with a few random showers.  Bottom line, not a ton of sun over the weekend.  However, by Monday, sun returns and Halloween looks great.

70s return for a good chunk of next week.  Also, a much stronger system moves in late Friday and into the weekend.  This should give us widespread heavy rains with showers and thunderstorms.  Some of these storms could pack a bit of a punch.  Long range forecast is below.

-Doug

Next Weekend:  Periods of showers and thunderstorms.

November 6th-12th:  A mild start with rain chances back in on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Rain chances again toward the weekend and cooling down.

November 13th-19th: Mainly a mild week with rain chances on Thursday and Friday.

November 20th-26th: Turning colder with a chilly week.  Rain chances on Monday, then again Thursday through Saturday.  We could end with a little snow.

November 27th- December 3rd:  A cold start to the week with a mid week warm up.  Rain chances for the middle of the week and cooling back down toward the weekend.

December 4th-10th:  The first half of the week should be mild with colder temperatures late in the week into the weekend.  Rain or possibly snow chances on Thursday and Friday.

Good Thursday morning everyone, we’re one step closer to the weekend. We do have another gusty day ahead of us though, but not quite like what we have seen over the last weekend. Gusts today should range from 20-25mph in most cases.

Your drive home should be good, we have mostly cloudy skies and temps in the 50s near 60°. We do have the yellow light on due to the gusty winds which could push around high-profile vehicles.

Heading through today we’re looking at a high right around 64° with mostly cloudy skies persisting throughout the day, along with those gusty southeast winds.

Tonight, we’re cool again with a low around 47°. There may be an overnight shower or two for some of us, most of us will remain dry and any shower activity we see will be quite late, after midnight. Those showers may persist into the early morning hours of Friday before they clear out leaving us with mostly cloudy skies again.

Heading into your pre-Halloween weekend, scattered shower chances return and temps will be in the mid to upper 50s. We’re not looking at a complete washout with rain, so don’t cancel your weekend plans, just keep the umbrella handy if you’re heading to any outdoor events.

We settle into a mild, above average pattern next week.

Your long range forecast is below.

-Chris

LONG RANGE FORECAST

Next Tuesday-Saturday:  Warming into the 70s, but showers pushing through on Wednesday and Thursday.  Rain chances increasing late in the week and into the weekend.

November 6th-12th:  A cool start to the week with a few showers.  Warming up late in the week but rain chances on Friday and Saturday.

November 13th-19th: Mainly a mild week with rain chances toward the weekend.

November 20th-26th: Much cooler week with slight chances for showers on Monday.  Then a bigger system right after Thanksgiving with rain and maybe snow chances.

November 27th- December 3rd:  A cold start to the week with a mid week warm up.  Rain chances for the middle of the week and cooling back down toward the weekend.

Good morning everyone, I hope you all are enjoying this nice round of rain we’re getting, something we’ve needed for quite some time.

So far, up through this morning, we’ve seen anywhere from 1-3″ of rain across the area, which is a healthy dose. Not enough to put a significant dent in the drought, but it certainly helps.

You may have noticed, it’s a bit cooler today as well. We’re trending upwards of 30° cooler today than what we saw yesterday morning across the area. That’s all thanks to the cold front that rolled through yesterday with the first batch of showers and thunderstorms.

The drive home as a yellow light as we’ll see the showers and storms start to clear up later this evening, however, we’ll hold onto winds gusting upwards for 40mph through about 7:00 tonight, so do be aware of that.

For today, we’re hitting that 55° early again like yesterday, with temperatures otherwise hovering in the mid to upper 40s through most of the day.

We clear out tonight and get cool, with an overnight low of 40°, however, we also manage to lose those gusty winds.

We’ve got additional rain chances later in the week.

Your long range forecast is below.

-Chris

LONG RANGE FORECAST

Next Tuesday-Saturday:  Warming into the 70s, but showers pushing through on Wednesday and Thursday.  Mild temperatures into the weekend.

November 6th-12th:  A cool start to the week with a few showers.  Warming up late in the week but rain chances on Friday and Saturday.

November 13th-19th: Mainly a mild week with rain chances toward the weekend.

November 20th-26th: Much cooler week with slight chances for showers on Monday.  Then a bigger system right after Thanksgiving with rain and maybe snow chances.

November 27th- December 3rd:  A cold start to the week with a mid week warm up.  Rain chances for the middle of the week and cooling back down toward the weekend.

I hope you had a great week and of course looking forward to the weekend.  What a wild week.  Two nights of record lows and now we are pushing record highs.  Finally we have rain chances right back in the forecast as well.  Lets look at the weekend.

We are going to have a lot of clouds and it will be windy, so not the best weekend to burn.  Lets jump into Monday.  By mid to late morning, showers will start to increase.  Then periods of showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening, which we greatly need.

We will get a break Monday night but then a second wave rolls in on Tuesday.

Now, in this years Heady Pattern, the cycle is much shorter than last years 64 days.  That cold snap this week will return a few times this winter with arctic air.  These systems will also return and our pretty good tracks to get some wintry weather form them.  So that excites me for sure.  Most of the rain will be out of here by Tuesday evening.  We need some heavy rains and I think this storm system as of right now, should produce 1-3″ of rain.

Chilly and dry after this system until another system moves in on Friday.  Additional rain chances Friday.

Long range forecast is below.

-Doug

Next Weekend:  Rain could linger into Saturday morning, then a mild and dry weekend with highs in the 60s.

October 30th-November 5th:  A mild week with rain chances on Thursday and Friday.

November 6th-12th:  Cooling down early in the week with showers on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.  Warming back up a bit toward the weekend.

November 13th-19th:  Mainly a mild week with rain chances on Thursday and Friday.

November 20th-26th:  A cold first half of the week with slight rain chances on Monday.  Warming up a bit late in the week with rain chances on Friday and Satureday.

November 27th-December 3rd:  Mainly a cold week with rain or snow chances mid week.