Friday, February 8, 2008

Quiet Start but Cold Finish to the Weekend

A bit of a cool first half of today but then the sunshine broke out this afternoon and turned out to be a nice finish of a day. A upper-level disturbance passed though this morning producing clouds and was strong enough to trigger off a few light rain showers. Only about a trace in the locations that saw the showers.

Weak high pressure will keep conditions quiet tonight and for much of Saturday before a cold front swings through Saturday night. There will only be partial sunshine on Saturday but stronger South winds will kick in to boost highs into the low to mid 50's for the inland locations. Again, there could be a isolated shower as the front approaches late in the afternoon and evening, especially Northern areas.

Now for the bad news if you don't like cold weather. A secondary Arctic cold front will slide on through Sunday morning. This front will come through dry but usher in some cold air. Now there is some good news if you don't like the cold, it will be a brief chill only for a couple days. Sunday morning is probably when we see our highs for the day in the low 40's, depending on the exact time of the frontal passage. Then temperatures drop through the day with windy conditions. Sunday nights low will drop into the teens in many areas with highs on Monday only in the 30's. Temperatures then return to average levels on Tuesday.

I guess one can say that this is a reminder that Winter is certainly not over yet.
Also, this weekend marks a historical snowfall for Salisbury, MD. Salisbury received 11 inches of snow on Feb 9-10, 1967. Enjoy the weekend!

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