2/13 – The Chief’s “Mardi Gras, Sunny & Cool” Afternoon Forecast

The forecast through the remainder of the workweek is pleasant with no major impacts. Rain should at least hold off till late Friday if not overnight Friday night and what feels like clockwork, another weekend storm system bringing rain back into the area but hopefully that will be for only the first half of the day Saturday and nothing more.

At the surface, high pressure is already settling in over the area and this is leading to winds continuing to relax. High pressure should become centered directly over the area tonight and with much drier air and light winds, it should be a decent radiational cooling setup but the one concern looks like we could have a good bit of upper-level clouds to deal with.

As mentioned earlier it looks like we have a lock on this mostly nice through the week and then unsettled weather trying to return for the weekend. Models have the same general idea heading into the weekend although there are some noticeable differences in strength of the next system. For the most part they agree that we will see another shot of rain possibly beginning as early as Friday afternoon and persisting through Saturday morning. Then much cooler air pushes back into the area.