Some unexpected sunshine helped propel afternoon temps well into the 50s today.  That makes it the warmest day since the very early part of December.  The warmth melted off most of the remaining snow.  Just piles of it are left now. 

 

Showers will quickly redevelop early this evening.  Heavier rain showers and some embedded thunderstorms will reach us later this evening, and then continue overnight into early Wednesday.  It now looks like the rains will get out of here by mid morning Wednesday, leaving with it drying conditions and some partial sunshine.  This should help get us back well into the 50s again tomorrow.  

 

Tomorrow night the showers and storms return, as another spoke of energy rotates around the low center.  These will linger into Thursday as well.  There may be several hours of dry conditions during the day on Thursday, before another spoke of energy moves in late in the day.  There is some potential for a decent line of thunderstorms around that time, so we'll have to watch that.

 

The storm stalls out over us from the Friday through Sunday period.  Expect periods of light showers to continue on an occasional basis well into the weekend.  The storm will finally kick east by late Sunday, after spending nearly a week over the middle part of the country!

 

FORECAST AT 12HRS OUT