Monday's Weather Thoughts

After a decent weekend, the weather today was very pleasant and Spring-like, and Tuesday will give us a taste of summer!

With sunshine and gusty southwest winds, highs today responded by getting into the mid and upper 70’s across the viewing area. Tonight will be mostly clear with lows in the upper 30’s so not a bad night overall. Tuesday will feature more in the way of sunshine, and highs will approach 80 or get into the low 80’s.

However, the fire weather threat is elevated due to the dry conditions, gusty winds and low relative humidity, and this same scenario will be present on Tuesday so caution is advised if you are doing anything outside that could ignite the grasslands. The wind speeds may be a bit less tomorrow which may lessen the threat, but overall the fire threat is elevated.

Changes will begin by Wednesday as a cold front presses into the area and stalls over Greater Nebraska by Thursday. This front and an area of low pressure developing over Panhandle Texas will likely bring some showers to the area beginning Thursday night and continuing into Friday night, and possibly Saturday morning over eastern areas. However, Easter Sunday is looking nice with sunshine and highs in the 60’s.

Mike