Welcome to meteorological spring! For weather and temperature accounting data that season runs from March 1st through May 31st, a bit different than the astronomical season that begins March 20th with the spring equinox, Regardless, today - Sunday - will feature a taste of spring under mostly sunny skies and with temperatures topping out in the upper 60s this afternoon.
A backdoor cold front will slide through Mecklenburg County before the dinner hour, pushed along by a strong high pressure center crossing the Great Lakes region. That will swap surface winds around out of the northeast, bringing a slight chance of a late day sprinkle. Behind this boundary a cold air damming scenario will set up. Here's one model's look at the dense cold air at the surface pushing down the Piedmont east of the Appalachians Monday evening:
A couple of weak upper air disturbances will then lift warm moist air up and over this thin surface layer, creating precipitation Monday that may well be in the form of "fuzzy rain", i.e. mixed rain and snow. Tomorrow will thus be gloomy and raw, with local thermometers struggling to make it up to the 40º mark.
Tuesday then looks to begin wet and cloudy, but skies will begin clearing during the afternoon. Temperatures will begin the second day of the work week in the mid-30s before rising to near or just above 50º. The rest of the week? Plan on spring-like 70s for daily highs!
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