A Few Clouds This Afternoon, Still Cool

It's a very cold start this morning as temperatures dropped to 25 under clear skies, light winds, and dry air. The majority of the cloud cover on the backside of a trough stayed to our west overnight, but it appears as though some of these high clouds may arrive early this afternoon. These clouds may have a minor impact on the high, but they will likely have a bigger role in dictating tomorrow morning's temperature. The air mass over us today will be slightly warmer than yesterday so expect highs to be about 5 degrees or so warmer this afternoon. In fact, I'll forecast a high of 51. There will likely be more clouds this evening and this will keep temperatures from plummeting. However, the thickness of the clouds will govern whether we drop in the upper 20s or stay in the lower 30s. The clouds to our northwest over Kansas appear to be fairly thick, and this keeps me inclined to forecast a low of 31 tomorrow morning. The big warming trend begins tomorrow with highs in the 60s and then 70s forecast through the end of the work week.