SPOTTY SHOWERS GRADUALLY END
Keep the umbrella and rain jacket with you for now. Clouds and spotty light rain and drizzle continue to linger this evening, following early morning steadier rain. Rain showers can even mix with a few snowflakes before ending tonight with temperatures slowly dropping through the middle 30s this evening. There will not be any significant weather, but just enough rain to get the windshield wipers going at times and to keep the ground damp.
Any mixed rain and snow showers will end before midnight, with a clearing sky overnight. As clouds clear, temperatures will drop more easily to the overnight lows of close to 30 degrees into Tuesday morning. It will be a good idea to have a heavier coat!
PLANNING FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK
After a nice and sunnier, but slightly chilly day on Tuesday, more clouds arrive Tuesday night into Wednesday. High temperatures will return to the upper 40s to middle 50s Wednesday through Friday. That will come with off and on mostly light rain showers Thursday into Friday morning. That will be the next timeframe to have the rain gear with you. That said, we are not expecting any major storms for the rest of this week with a nice-looking weekend ahead.
POLLEN COUNTS ON THE RISE
Tree pollen will be nearing high levels for Tuesday. This is, of course, only the start of spring allergy season. If you typically suffer from allergies this time of year, there is a good chance you have been feeling it for a couple of weeks already now. The season always starts with tree pollen, followed by grass and weeds into late-spring and summer.
EXTENDED FORECAST
TONIGHT: Spotty light rain and drizzle with a few snowflakes mixing in at times this evening. Temperatures are in the upper 30s to lower 40s, but it will feel chillier with a northwest breeze around 10 to 20 mph. Shower chances end before midnight and clouds clear overnight. After clouds clear, temperatures will fall to our overnight lows near 30 degrees into Tuesday morning, but it will feel like the 20s early Tuesday morning.
TUESDAY: Mostly sunny with slightly below-average temperatures, but it will be a nice weather day. Highs around the lower to middle 40s. The normal average high temperature is 50 degrees. Wind: northwest to southwest around 5 to 15 mph. Lows near 34 degrees.
WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy with some breaks of sun possible. A bit warmer with highs around 51 degrees. Lows near 40 degrees.
THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers. Highs around 56 degrees. Lows near 44 degrees.
FRIDAY: Scattered rain showers to start the day. Then, drier with breaks of afternoon sun and high temperatures around 53 degrees. Lows around 28 degrees.
SATURDAY: Mostly sunny and chillier with highs around 42 degrees. Lows near 30 degrees.
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny with highs around 47 degrees. Lows near 39 degrees.
MONDAY: Sun and clouds. Highs around 55 degrees. Lows near 39 degrees.