Weather Update: 3-28-2012

As I write this update, the temperature at Evansville was 63 with a calm wind. Tonight we'll fall to 51 with some high clouds. With the frontal passage earlier today, tomorrow's temperature will be cooler. The high temperature will be around 74, with us at least picking up a few clouds from the complex of showers and storms now over western Missouri. Friday we'll see a few scattered showers as a warm front approaches from the southwest. Then, a cold front will move through the area Friday evening with a few scattered showers or t'storms. The GFS model is pretty aggressive with the rainfall. The high temp on Friday will be near 80 degrees with some clouds at times. As the front moves through, the temps on Saturday morning will drop into the low 50's. We'll warm on Saturday to a high near 72 degrees with a light wind. Sunday will be very warm as gusty southwest winds pick up. The high will rise up to 82, with a mostly sunny sky. Monday looks nice MOST of the day, with a very warm high in the low to perhaps mid 80's. Then the potential for severe weather will occur Monday night and early Tuesday. A deepening surface low will move over Wisconsin Monday afternoon/evening. With this, a negative tilted trough will be over the plains and moving east Monday. A line of strong to severe thunderstorms could be possible with this setup late Monday. The specific details with this event are still uncertain, so stay tuned here for updates as we get closer. After this moves on through, temps will turn significantly cooler. It looks like Tuesday that we'll only make to around 63, with windy conditions. That temperature is actually a normal high for early April. The low Wednesday morning with be quite cool with temps dropping into the low 40's, which again is right around normal. The temperature will slightly edge up Wednesday, with a high temperature into the mid 60's.