Warmer temperatures could come with a price

The next couple of days appear to be fairly quiet in the weather world but that could all change starting late on Thursday. 

The low that brought storms across the region Sunday will continue to move to the east coast.  The jetstream pattern will turn zonal (meaning west to east flow) Tuesday and Wednesday.  This will allow a weak disturbance to move through the Great Lakes early Wednesday morning with only a couple showers, if any, expected.  As that low moves east the next system will come crashing into the Pacific Northwest which will cause a trough to develop in the west forcing a ridge to build in the Midwest.  As it does a boundary will stall just to our south during the afternoon as an area of low pressure develops across the Plains.  This will be the focus for showers and even a few thunderstorms to build during the afternoon and evening.  By Friday the low will have moved to the east as another system forms in the west.  This will also keep a boundary either right overhead or just to the south of the immediate area as we head into the first of the weekend.  As of right now it doesn't look like it will be until late on Sunday that we'll see that low and front move through which could cause a similar set-up to what we saw just this past Sunday.

With the boundary so close through the end of the week temperatures could rise into the middle and upper 60s through Sunday which would sit us above normal for the first week in April.