Return of the Heat

 As we said before, spring is a battle between winter and summer.  And while winter won the fight this weekend, summer is looking to make a comeback next weekend.  First, a quick recap.

The heaviest rainfall from this weekend event turned out to be from the central Idaho Panhandle, across extreme northeast and northcentral Washington.  Some locations picked up an inch and a half of rainfall.


As expected, Saturday was a rather gloomy and cool day with temperatures hanging out in the lower 50s.  A few folks didn't even warm up to the 50F mark all day.


The Northwest is currently in a cold air mass (indicated by the blue shading on the image below).


As this air mass slowly moves inland, it will actually dive southward into the Desert Southwest.  This is very unusual for this time of year, but typical for this past winter and spring.  This will knock Phoenix's temperatures from the 90s back into the 80s for a couple of days.  For us, it means showery and slowly warming weather.  Our temperatures should be in the 60s through Tuesday.  Right now, Tuesday looks like the best chance of showers.  While the weather is cool, freezing temperatures are very unlikely, but not impossible, depending on where you live.  



As we continue into the week, the cool air mass is replaced with a warm ridge of high pressure (see red shading in the image below).  Temperatures will be in the 70s for the latter half of the week, and 80s for next weekend.


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