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Back to Reality!

After THREE DAYS IN A ROW in the 70s... we will be closer to normal this afternoon! The average high this time of year is actually 49 degrees. Today we'll STILL be above that with highs in the 50s... but we'll drop into the 40s for Friday and the weekend.

And we are STILL tracking the CHANCE of RAIN for the weekend. We really need it!! It's tricky, though, because there is no real storm showing up, but the models are hinting at some sort of Warm Air Advection (WAA) rain event.

WAA is the movement of warmer air into a region... when it happens in the lower levels, it causes air to rise (although slowly). This happens because warm air is less dense than cold air. You can see the warm air moving into our area on the GFS below (this is for Saturday afternoon):

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And the light and spotty precipitation that could result:

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We will continue to update you as we head towards the weekend!
Have a great day!
Jamie

Posted by at March 2, 2006 8:07 AM