Our big warm up has begun. The winds have shifted to the south and will be southerly for the rest of the week bringing the warmest weather to the Stateline we have seen since last September. The winds have been rather brisk today with a fairly tight pressure gradient between the departing surface high pressure ridge to the east and a developing trough of low pressure over the Rockies. Temperatures will drop into the upper 40's tonight as winds decrease, but the skies will be partly cloudy. The southerly winds will pick up again on Wednesday to 15 to 25 mph, and with mostly sunny skies, the aftenoon temperatures will top out in the middle 70's. The same pattern will persist into Thursday with upper 70's expected. 80 degrees cannot be ruled out on Thursday afternoon. It will still be in the 70's on Friday in advance of a cold front moving in from the plains. That front will probably generate some showers on thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon into Saturday night. Some scattered light showers may linger on Sunday behind the cold front, and afternoon temperatures will drop back into the upper 50's. High pressure will take over on Monday, and temperatures will recover back into the middle 60's. Another weather system will approach the area on Tuesday, and along with it there will be a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
by Meteorologist
Eric Nefstead
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