The upper level pattern will be more progressive for the early part of the week bringing a chance for some rain, and eventually some thunderstorms by midweek. This morning we’ve seen the clouds increasing, but as of late Monday morning, the rains have picked up as well. A disturbance moving across the area has picked up a bit more moisture than earlier expected, so the coverage of the rain has increased earlier in the day. Rain chances have been increased to 50% for today and they’ll remain at 60% or better for tonight.
The series of upper level disturbances will continue to parade across the area Tuesday and Wednesday. It looks like we’ll be between systems during the day tomorrow and rains will pick up again late Tuesday into Wednesday. A line of storms will develop ahead of the final push of energy Wednesday afternoon and with the jet stream getting very active at the same time, some of those storms could produce damaging winds and/or hail Wednesday afternoon and evening. Things will quiet down for Thursday and Friday with partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures. Saturday and Sunday should remain dry, but temperatures will fall back into the 60s during the day with overnight lows in the 40s.
StormTeam3 Meteorologist Dave Baker
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