The SPC has expanded the slight risk area for severe weather for our entire area. The best time for thunderstorms will be early afternoon.
Wind threat will be the entire day with peaks in the thunderstorms.
So far Stewartsville has recorded a peak wind gust of 34 and 1.08″ of rain as of 9 am
Radar shows most of the area soaked. But notice how the rain is moving SW to NE. And there is also a break down by Delaware. This should reach our area soon and result in a slight break in the rain. But don’t worry – there’s more where that cam from
High wind watch up for southern and eastern locations
First off Happy Easter to everyone that observes! Please take some time today to make sure your home and surroundings are ready for an active weather day on Monday. There is a high wind watch for southern and eastern locations. I wouldn’t be surprised to see this expanded of for another type of wind advisory.
Wind gusts for Monday
Most areas should see wind gusts on Monday in the 45-55 mph range. There could be even higher gust in exposed elevated locations!
Rain forecast for Monday
While wind will be the primary threat, we should also receive 1-1.5″ of rain region wide with more to the north
Convective weather outlook for Monday
Along with the rain and wind, there will be some thunderstorms especially Monday afternoon. The SPC has placed western locations in a slight risk for severe storms. While the primary threat will be wind and heavy rain, there could also be some hail and weak tornadoes.
I will try and keep everyone updated tomorrow. Never the less, keep an eye to the sky and make sure your weather radio has batteries and working! Keep you cell phone charged too!
Most areas had wind gust in the upper 30’s or low 40’s yesterday. Stewartsville recorded a gust to 40 mph.
The winds will let up a little today but it will still be breezy. The winds combined with relatively dry conditions will continue our Red Flag warning for today. Please do not light any fires today. The swirling winds can easily make them get out of control.
Regarding the freeze warning early this morning, Stewartsville only dropped to 35 but as you can see in the map above many northern sections went into the upper 20’s.
Saturday high temperatures
Tonight shouldn’t be nearly as cold as last night but still chilly. Saturday’s high temperatures will continue about 5 degrees below normal but warmer than yesterdays.
Easter Sunday high temperature forecast
Easter Sunday is the pick of the weekend. Not only should the winds be lighter, but we will have warmer temperatures into the mid and perhaps upper 60’s. The only downside, besides not able to physically go to church, is there will be more clouds than sun. This is in response to our next weather maker which will give us a pretty good soaking Sunday night into most of Monday.
Rain forecast for Monday
Most areas late Sunday night into Monday should pick up 1-1.5″ of new rain. Luckily as most trees and vegetation is tarting to come to life, most of this should be absorbed into the ground with minimal flood threat.
Minimal severe weather threat for Sunday into Monday
As the warmer air arrives along with the precipitation, there is a chance for or rumble or two of thunder Sunday night into Monday. As you can see in the map above this will be more pronounced further to our south and west.
Looking ahead to next week and beyond, unfortunately our cool weather looks to prevail. There may be a day or two or near to above normal temperatures as weather systems move into and through our area. But overall April’s second half is trending cooler. This is unfortunate as everyone wants to get outside to avoid cabin fever.
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