Warm Conditions

A warm front has moved north of the region allowing seasonably warm air to return to the area. High temperatures today and Thursday will be near 80 degrees before a weak cool front brings a chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight Thursday and slightly cooler air for Friday. Temperatures will quickly warm over the weekend with high temperatures in the lower 80’s for Sunday.  Warm temperatures will last at least through the middle of next week with high temperatures in the 80’s and a chance of thunderstorms each afternoon.  Looks very much like a typical summertime pattern for the area as a ridge of high pressure gets established over the Southeast  will prevent any substantial cool front from moving through the region next week.

A slowly drifting storm system is affecting the area with storms, some severe, concentrated mostly to the east of the area. A warm front has allowed high temperatures to rise to nearly 80 degrees today; Thursday high temperatures should be just as warm. 

 A weak cool front will move through early Friday morning with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs temperatures will cool back into the middle 70's for the area on Friday and Saturday.

High pressure will prevent any major cool front from moving through during the middle of next week. With the front stalled in the middle section of the country, severe weather will be increasingly likely there as disturbances moving out of the Rocky Mountains and interact with the frontal boundary. High temperatures will be in the 80's area beginning Sunday and  lasting at least into the middle part of next week. 

The winter of 2013-2014 is  truly finally over and the snowfall map shows totals were definitely above normal for much of the region even though there were not any major lake effect storms.  Most snowfall during the season was the result of synoptic systems moving through.The official seasonal snowfall total was 86.1 inches; eighteen (18) inches above normal. The official average temperature during climatological winter was 25.4 degrees which is nearly five (5) degrees below normal. While that stat is definitely colder than normal it is not record setting and nearly matches the 2002-2003 average temperature of 24.5 degrees. That season also officially saw 95.7 inches of snow.