THE WEEK AHEAD: We will have one storm moving out of the state today bringing some morning and early afternoon showers and storms to the eastern half of the state while the rest of the state will see slowly clearing skies. Highs will be cooler than they were on Easter with upper 60s to middle 70s across the state. Heading into Tuesday, it will be bright and sunny a bit cooler than today with highs in the upper 50s north to near 70 southwest. The next storm comes in late Tuesday night into Wednesday and Thursday. There is some chance of severe weather but it’s not overwhelming at this point. This run shows the main window of precipitation coming Wednesday morning into the afternoon and another round late Wednesday night through midday on Thursday. Some decent rains are possible, with up to an inch in some locations with higher totals possible in areas that see any training of storms. Cooler air will come in behind the system with readings on Friday in the middle 50s to middle 60s across the state with mostly cloudy skies north to partly sunny skies south.

NEXT WEEKEND AND INTO MAY: Saturday looks rather brisk for late April standards and partly to mostly cloudy with readings only reaching the 50s to near 60 across the state. There will be another storm system approaching by Sunday but with a northerly flow around the storm that will be occluding over eastern Canada, enough dry air will force much of that precipitation to the south of the state. The far southern and southwestern counties of the state could get in on some shower and thunderstorm activity at that time, with the rest of the state seeing an increase in cloudiness with some sunshine but readings still holding in the 50s and 60s for highs. The rest of the extended period looks somewhat active with some brief cool downs as well. Some of these could bring some scattered frosts to the area but it’s too early to pinpoint that down at this time. No real trends are seen at this time, but we’ll continue to monitor.

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