A beautiful view out in Freeport this morning, this giving us a preview of what today is going to be like......sunny and warm! The fog has been clearing up across the Stateline, and will be gone by 10am, after which the sunshine will take over for the rest of the afternoon. This will warm up our temperatures quickly heading through the day, hitting 60° during the afternoon.
This will not only be our first 60° of spring, but the first 60° day of the year as well! Last year we hit the 60's in February after a low pressure system drew in lots of warm air. This year, it's taken much longer, and we're already at the end of March heading into April, so we're overdue for that 60° weather.
Two low pressure systems, one to the northwest and one to the southeast, are the reasons that we've got this dry air boundary over the Midwest. This is what will cause all the sunshine this afternoon, and of course will also bring us to our 60°.
Once we get into this evening we'll start to see clouds build up due to an approaching low from the southwest. This will bring a warm front into the Midwest by Thursday morning, bringing us slight chances for isolated rain. Otherwise, we stay for Thursday, partly cloudy with temperatures in the low 50's during the afternoon.
The system following will form out in the Rockies early Friday morning, tracking to our area by the late night hours. This will bring chances for light snow during the overnight Friday, and because this system will be lingering due to a pattern change in our jetstream, we'll see a wintry mix for Saturday.
The good news is, that low will track out of our area for Easter, so we'll be dry. Easter's expected to be on the cooler side in the low 40's, but we'll get plenty of sunshine that day, which will make the cooler temperatures much more manageable.
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