Hope is on the horizon, folks. That is, if you are wishing for no more daily threats of lowland snow. We still have a cold low spinning offshore today, but as it does, milder and wetter air will get entrained in the circulation, and heavier precipitation will fall as snow levels rise briefly back to pass levels where they should be, right?
Cooler air will lower snow levels back to the upper foothill locations over the weekend, but a larger threat of moderate to heavy rain arrives Monday, with somewhat warmer air approaching seasonal normals. We should be having high temperatures in the mid-50s, not hovering in the 40s. The rest of March is still forecast to have temperatures below average.
If you desire warm afternoon highs in the 60s or even a 70-degree high, which can occur in March, we haven’t advanced that far yet. We take baby steps as we exit the persistent winter pattern. It will be a slow go even as daylight saving time arrives Sunday and we have a sunset after 7 p.m.
Do you remember March 2017? We had only four dry days and over 7 inches of rain! Five years ago, I was advertising our first 60-degree high for the year upcoming on Saturday and 65 degrees on Sunday as we moved the clocks ahead one hour. And I mentioned that the following Monday would be 70 degrees. Hold on, that was five years ago in 2018, on the Thursday before daylight saving time.
