Bring On The Weekend

The Friday afternoon video is on the server:

http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb

This is the busiest time of the year for us; I am always thankful for a couple of days off. I might even sleep until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow!

On the plate this afternoon:

*Looks like the colder valleys will have another freeze tonight. Not much cloud cover and light wind, a good night for radiational cooling. The thicker clouds probably won't arrive until after daybreak. Some places could be as cold as last night.

*Rain returns on Sunday, but the GFS keeps slowing everything down a bit. Might be Sunday afternoon or even Sunday night before the rain becomes really widespread around here.

*We still have the broadbrush thing going next week with a chance of rain almost every day. A stalled front, southwest flow aloft, and upper low in the southwest U.S. make it almost impossible to determine the timing of the rain. For the moment, it looks like the most significant rain will come Sunday night into Monday, and then again Wednesday night into Thursday. We will be able to fine tune this over the weekend. Still some concern of flooding issues here before the week is over.

*The cold snap is still being advertised by the GFS for the end of the month and the first few days of March. Might get really cold if the 12Z run of the GFS is correct. And, of course, with the split flow the snow fans are hanging on every model run watching for those impressive Gulf storms. I get the idea we will have some challenging forecasts in the weeks ahead.

Try to get in some quality time with your family this weekend. For our youngest, baseball practice begins tomorrow!

Have a great weekend.