4/11- Here comes the rain, but great weather for next week!

Good Friday all- and for some, get excited for the last day before April break!

Unfortunately, the sky will celebrate today by dropping some rain over the region later this morning, but the heavier stuff won't fall until overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. Beyond that, we clear the forecast out and may reach 70 to maybe even near 80 Monday, before a powerful cold front moves through and knocks temps into the...mid 30s by Wednesday. It is interesting to note that the ECMWF indicates a close call with a nor'easter at that same time...which could cause trouble with frozen precip, but it has backed off on recent runs, so I am not overly concerned about it at the current time...but want to at least mention the possibility. Also, with that extreme cold front on Tuesday, there may be some risk of severe storms, though that appears limited at this time by the timing of the cold front, which instead favors a drenching rainstorm (1-2" rain), which I am more inclined to believe for a variety of reasons.

Today in weather history- April 11, 1965- The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak becomes the third deadliest tornado day on record, with 51 tornadoes 271 people and injuring 3000. Despite this, it transforms weather forecasting by changing the government policy that tornado warnings could only be issued if someone saw a tornado or if one was obvious on radar. Thus, the modern tornado warning system was developed, one which has saved countless lives over the years.