Warm Start to Week

The weather was perfect over the weekend, and I hope you were able to get outside and enjoy it. If not, you're still going to be in luck for a few more days with cool nights and warm afternoons. Our upper air pattern is somewhat odd looking with a weak ridge to our north and a very diffuse trough to our south. The ridge will be the dominant weather maker for us today. With warmer low level temperatures forecast today than yesterday, we should be able to top out around 75 this afternoon with very few clouds in the sky. I think we get a bit cooler than the models suggest for tomorrow morning with clear skies and light winds. Tuesday's morning low will be near 44.

Big changes are on the way, however, as a strong trough slams the California coast later today. This trough will dig and move eastward over the next few days. It will deliver snows to the higher elevations in the West and severe weather to the Plains, Midwest, and South. In fact, this will be our big weather maker for the end of the week and will bring us a good chance of rain and storms. This doesn't appear to be a classic severe weather setup for our area with the main energy moving to our north, but some severe weather will be possible with this system.