Weather Update: 2-26-2012

Really a nice and mild day across the area today. Temperature as of 3:00 is 58 degrees at Evansville, with lots of  sun. There as been a red flag warning out all day for the Paducah WFO counties because of the relative humidity levels being below 25% and strong southerly winds. Tonight we'll fall between 35-40. Tomorrow looks nice and less windy. Forecasting 57 tomorrow with a decent amount of sun.

On Tuesday clouds will be increasing as the potential for storms increases. High temps on Tuesday between 55-60. Rain will be likely Tuesday night into Wednesday. Severe weather MIGHT be a possibility early Wednesday morning. The wind energy is there, but the instability and moisture levels are marginal. Rainfall amounts between 1/2" and 1" - locally higher amounts with thunderstorms. The day on Wednesday looks very spring-like. High temps will soar into mid to upper 60's with gusty SW winds ahead of the cold front set to arrive Wednesday night.

Thursday looks to be a nice day. Under mainly sunny skies, temps will be cool down into the mid 50's. Friday looks interesting. A surface low will move up from the southern plains and be around St. Louis be Friday afternoon. Temperatures in the afternoon will raise into the low 60's. A few showers or thunderstorms will break out late Friday afternoon, but those showers/storms look not to be severe. Friday evening the window opens for the potential for severe storms as the low rapidly deepens across Michigan. The specific details are up for grabs, so we'll just have to wait and see as we get closer.

 The weather will quiet down next weekend. Skies on Saturday will become partly cloudy. It will be chilly for early March, with highs in the upper 40's to around 50. Morning lows on Sunday morning will be around freezing. Highs on Sunday will once again be chilly, between 45 and 50 degrees. A slight chance of rain exists Sunday, but nothing heavy.