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Issued: 10am on Monday, March 18th 2024

Technical Forecast Discussion

Short-term Forecast (Monday 3/18/2024 through Wednesday 3/20/2024):

A deep, positively tilted upper-level trough is moving overhead today. It will advect a colder airmass into the region, evident by strong surface CAA, bringing temperatures down significantly and causing the chance for some snow flurries this afternoon. Winds are expected to pick up this afternoon with the introduction of this airmass and will continue to increase in the coming days.

Increasing heights will take place Tuesday afternoon, and the westerly flow associated with it will allow some warm air to be advected into the region, bringing afternoon temperatures back into the 50s and skies remaining mostly sunny.

Wednesday, clouds will return with the entrance of a secondary shortwave. A weak cold front will pass through with this system Wednesday night into Thursday, once again advecting cooler air into the region and dropping temperatures for Thursday. No precipitation is expected with the passage of this front due to the lack of moisture available. However, winds are expected to pick up significantly at this time, with gusts up to 35 mph anticipated.

Long-term Forecast (Thursday 3/21/2024 through Sunday 3/24/2024):

Thursday skies will be mostly sunny due to the colder air creating stability for the region. Winds will die down as the atmosphere stabilizes. Another shortwave will move in from the south on Friday with the addition of warmer, moister air. This system will likely bring some rain showers to our region throughout the afternoon and into Saturday morning. Then strong ridging will take place as high settles to our SE on Saturday and Sunday. Mostly sunny skies and a warming trend will take place.