Saturday's winds settled down overnight and look to be much less vigorous today (Sunday) around Mecklenburg county. Temperatures began this morning in the mid-20s and will rise to near 50 degrees this afternoon. With southwesterly surface winds one might expect today to be warmer than that, but the skies will feature a high thin layer of clouds which will reduce the amount of solar heating.
The overcast is thanks to the core of the subtropical jet stream (the white arrow on the graphic below) being parked atop the region. This model shows the wind speeds overhead at ~30,000 feet to be nearly 200 mph at noon today!
After that jet stream core moves off the East Coast tonight the work week will start sunny, dry, and seasonable. On Monday (Presidents' Day) local thermometers will top out in the mid-50s after morning lows again dip into the mid-20s. Tuesday and Wednesday are also forecast to be sunny, but that may change thanks to northeasterly winds which will pump in moisture and possibly low clouds from off the cool waters of the Atlantic.
By the end of the work week another storm system looks to approach from the west, bringing another chance at rain but not snow. The window for white stuff this winter seems to be closing as February wanes. But in the past the month of March has featured some decent snows, so we can't rule it out just yet.
Happy Sunday!
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