Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Make sure you're sitting down before you read this

Temperatures once again peaked at 70 degrees across Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. My free advice to you? Get outside and absorb the heat the next few days because it won't last.

Latest suite of computer models is coming in line with a fierce cold blast for the Monday-Thursday time frame. A potent cold front with potentially severe storms is coming for this Friday. After that, temperatures will slide into the upper 50s/lower 60s for the weekend. Models then develop a major low that will suck the cold air from Manitoba and Saskatchewan southward. The graphics above are the European computer model (ECMWF) for today with temperatures at cloud-level around 50 degrees Fahrenheit. By Monday afternoon the same area will be around 14 degrees Fahrenheit. If this model is correct, temperatures will only be in the low to mid 40s for Monday...with rain! Actually it's conceivable that some snow could be possible for Sunday night and Monday night. Ack!

4 comments:

Candice said...

Of course, it's the first free weekend I've had in a month.

Scott said...

Your just celebrating April Fools day again, right? Please say yes!

bluedaisy said...

Figures, as soon as the plow blade came off and the mower blades got sharpened...the possibility of the dreaded four letter word...SNOW!! At least there won't be a threat of accumulation...RIGHT???

Justin Gehrts said...

I just want to know why Eric always has the hard forecasts on the weekend. :P