Tuesday, March 3, 2009

3/3 - 6:45pm - One More Cold Night

While we won't get down into the teens like we did this morning, overnight lows around the area will be cold for one more night. I think most areas will sink into the 20's, but a few locations in Southern Indiana could approach the teens.

Tomorrow will be a vast improvement over today, with a high in the low 50's. We'll surpass the 60 degree mark on Thursday, with 70 possible for Friday and/or Saturday. It still looks like that we'll get a few showers on Friday, but the weekend should remain dry and warm for the most part. A cold front should sink south with rain (and possibly thunderstorms) on Sunday night and dampen our warm temperatures a bit, but we shouldn't get below the mid 40's on Monday.

60's return for the rest of next week, but be aware that this warm streak will temporarily end sometime late next week.

The National Weather Service offices in Louisville and Paducah are going to be using new criteria for severe thunderstorm warnings beginning April 1st. The only change is that a storm will be considered severe if it is producing one inch diameter hail, up from three quarters of an inch per the old criteria. This is good because it should reduce the number of severe thunderstorm warnings issued, which will make them more credible to a weather-weary public. Click here to read more about the change.

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