I hope all of you out there who celebrated Mother’s Day today had a wonderful day. It ended up being a pretty good weekend weather-wise, with much of the moisture staying suppressed to the south. Monday, however, will bring more substantial rain chances as a cold front pushes south and eastward. We should stay quiet through the morning, though by early afternoon we should start to see showers and a few thunderstorms develop, first along the seabreeze and then becoming more widespread as the front moves by later in the day into the evening. There’s a risk for one or two thunderstorms to become severe, with damaging wind gusts the main concern, though widespread severe weather is not expected. We could see some brief periods of heavy rain, but with relatively quick storm motions expected, they won’t be hanging around long enough to cause any flooding issues. Temperatures will run on the warm side of normal for mid-May, with highs potentially reaching the upper 80s before thunderstorms kick in.

A stray shower can’t be totally ruled out Tuesday morning depending on the progress of the front, but it should be south of the area by mid-morning. From there, cloud cover will diminish and temperatures will be comfortable, generally running in the upper 70s. Quiet weather should continue into Wednesday evening before another front affects the area overnight Wednesday into Thursday. Rain chances are low, though, and should come to an end with frontal passage later Thursday.

Friday and the weekend will be notable for quiet weather and increasing temperatures as high pressure slips offshore. Friday’s highs peak in the low 80s, with upper 80s Saturday and highs near 90° on Sunday, generally under partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies.

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