Severe weather south; Rainy weekend

We’re entering a cooler, wetter period after a few mild days this week. With some severe weather to our south, there is a possibility of a rumble of thunder outside overnight, but nothing too bad. The big story will be the amount of precip we receive, which is the reason we’re currently under a flood watch. Over an inch of precip will accumulate overnight tonight and tomorrow, with temperatures struggling to reach 60. Skies will start to break on Saturday morning, but it won’t be long before cloud cover returns at night to bring the low chance of a passing shower. Sunday will be more of the same, with overcast skies and rain. On both Saturday and Sunday, temperatures will rise into the mid-60s and won’t be back to seasonable for a while.

Long-term

Looking at the Seasonal Forecasts from the Physical Sciences Division of the Earth System Research Laboratory (part of NOAA), it appears that May will be warmer than average. However, with a cool start to the month, I think seeing temps in the 80s will be likely into the middle and late parts of the month. As far as precip goes, it should be just-at or under average. This upcoming wet pattern will likely be it for the month, making any other precip events nearly insignificant as far as totals go.