So one thing you’ll notice out of the gate with Friday’s forecast is that it looks a lot less stormy. This is due to the batch of rain pushing through as of this writing on Thursday evening; once this is through in the early morning, we’ll be in a lull in the more widespread activity, it looks like. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms remain possible, though, particularly further inland. The atmosphere will be primed for some sporadic severe weather if storms can fire given sufficient instability and shear, with damaging winds and hail the main concerns. However, the if in the previous sentence is pretty loaded — some models show very little if any rain during the day Friday. We’ll want to wait and see, and I’ll encourage you to stay weather-aware in case storms threaten, but overall the forecast looks a lot less soggy than it has for a good bit of the week. Highs will top out in the low 80s after starting the day in the mid-60s.

We look to stay relatively quiet through much of the day Saturday; highs on Saturday will be the warmest of the set with mid-80s expected away from the coastline. As we get into Saturday evening, we’ll want to keep an eye on low pressure to our west as it will drive showers and thunderstorms back into the area through the overnight. These storms should last through at least mid-morning Sunday; timing still remains subject to change, of course. The severe weather risk appears low given widespread precipitation keeping the atmosphere from destabilizing too much. Highs on Sunday top out in the upper 70s.

The front moves by Sunday night and by Monday, of course, we’ll start another stretch of nice mid-Spring weather as we welcome in May.

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