While global sea surface temperatures continue to run at above-normal levels, there has been a rather dramatic cooling trend across tropical regions all around the world. During the past year or so, water temperatures in the Indian Ocean have dropped to nearly neutral levels around India and well above-normal levels immediately east of Africa have moderated to only slightly above-normal conditions. In the central part of the tropical Pacific Ocean, relatively neutral water temperatures have replaced the El Nino conditions of a year ago when water temperatures were as much as two degrees higher than normal. Perhaps the most dramatic change in water temperatures has taken place in the tropical Atlantic Ocean where much warmer-than-normal conditions of a year ago are virtually normal as we approach the end of April and there is even a pocket of colder-than-normal water just off Africa’s west coast. The tropics are a critically important part of the world with respect to the total energy budget and cooling trends can certainly have an inhibiting impact on the upcoming tropical season.
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Unseasonably cold weather for the first part of the weekend gave way to milder conditions on Sunday and then warming trend continues today with afternoon highs near the 70 degree mark. It stays warm during the next few days and there will be an increasing chance for showers and perhaps a thunderstorm or two.
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An unsettled and warm week is in the offing for the Tennessee Valley with a daily chance of showers and thunderstorms and high temperatures generally near the 80 degree mark. A frontal system will move across the area by tomorrow and hang around for a few days keeping the chance of rain at times and any thunderstorm can feature brief downpours.
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No big storms or strong fronts to deal with during the next few days as weak high pressure shifts offshore today and then a weak frontal system approaches the area tonight. There will be plenty of clouds around today and a few showers are on the table tonight as the weak front crosses the area. The next few days will be quite warm with highs well up in the 70’s on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and then low pressure may produce showers around here at the end of the week and early part of the weekend.
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No big storms or strong fronts to deal with during the next few days as weak high pressure shifts offshore today and then a weak frontal system approaches the area tonight. There will be plenty of clouds around today and a few showers are on the table tonight as the weak front crosses the area. The next few days will be quite warm with highs not far from 80 degrees on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and then low pressure may produce showers around here at the end of the week and early part of the weekend.
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No big storms or strong fronts to deal with during the next few days as weak high pressure shifts offshore today and then a weak frontal system approaches the area tonight. There will be plenty of clouds around today and a few showers are on the table tonight as the weak front crosses the area. The next few days will be quite warm with highs well up in the 70’s on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and then low pressure may produce showers around here at the end of the week and early part of the weekend.
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Unseasonably cold weather for the next couple of days with accumulating snow of at least a few inches in the urban corridor and several inches are possible in the nearby higher elevation locations. A big change takes place in time for Easter Sunday with much milder conditions and afternoon highs near 60 degrees to close out the weekend. In fact, it turns even warmer next week with 70 degrees on the table for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
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High pressure shifts offshore today and a warm front will lift through the area by tomorrow. As a result, temperatures will climb noticeably on Saturday likely reaching the 80-degree mark by afternoon as another frontal system approaches the area. This next front will stall to our south on Sunday and it’ll be a cooler day compared to Saturday by some 10-15 degrees, but still relatively mild to close out the weekend.
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High pressure shifts offshore today and a warm front will lift through the area by tomorrow. As a result, temperatures will climb noticeably on Saturday likely reaching the 85-degree mark by afternoon as another frontal system approaches the area. This next front will stall to our south on Sunday and it’ll be a cooler day compared to Saturday by some 10-15 degrees, but still quite mild to close out the weekend.
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High pressure shifts offshore today and a warm front will lift through the area by tomorrow. As a result, temperatures will climb noticeably on Saturday likely reaching the lower 80’s by afternoon as another frontal system approaches the area. This next front will stall to our south on Sunday and it’ll be a cooler day compared to Saturday by some 10-15 degrees, but still relatively mild to close out the weekend.
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