It's all about pattern recognition! This past weekend, winter made a quick visit providing snow and chilly temperatures, and that looks to be the case again for this coming weekend.



Here's the situation. Expect above average temperatures throughout the work week. Temperatures aloft will continue to warm, and with ample sunshine, surface temperatures are forecast to climb into the 50s and 60s. A few weak waves will pass overhead, but the dry atmosphere should keep us dry through Thursday.



A trough will develop by Thursday over the west coast, looking very similar to the trough we saw this past weekend. The trough will move through on Saturday, creating showers and storms Saturday morning, and then dropping temperatures throughout the day.

Fortunately, the cold air will move in just as the precipitations is moving out, so snowfall will be very limited. Flurries are in the forecast for Saturday evening north of I-40, but at this point no major accumulations are expected.