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Video: Chilly breeze for last day of winter

Video: Chilly breeze for last day of winter
SO KIDS, PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME ALL THINGS THAT WE CAN STILL GET HERE IN THE SPRING. ENJOY. AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SPRING HERE. AS THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES NOW JUST HOURS AWAY, AS SPRING OFFICIALLY BEGINS JUST AFTER 11:00 TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, IT’S BEEN FEELING A LOT LIKE SPRING THIS MONTH. WE’VE HAD SEVERAL DAYS IN THE 50S, INCLUDING YESTERDAY. WE BRIEFLY TOUCHED THAT 50 DEGREE MARK. WE ARE RUNNING MORE THAN SIX DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH SO FAR, BUT THE REST OF THIS WEEK IS GOING TO BE COOLING DOWN QUITE A BIT. WE’VE GOT SUN AND CLOUDS, A CHILLY BREEZE AGAIN TODAY, AND A FEW SHOWERS COMING IN WEDNESDAY EVENING BEHIND THOSE SHOWERS IT IS A WINDY AND COLDER END TO THE WEEK. I THINK THURSDAY IS GOING TO BE THE CHILLIEST DAY WE’RE IN THE LOW 40S WITH GUSTY WINDS. IT’S GOING TO FEEL LIKE THE 30S PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY LONG. SO TURNING A LITTLE BIT COLDER HERE AT THE END OF THE WEEK. THEY’RE FEELING THAT CHILL RIGHT NOW ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. LOOK AT ATLANTA RUNNING IN THE MID 30S RIGHT NOW NEAR THE GULF COAST. THEY ARE GOING TO BE FLIRTING WITH THE FREEZING MARK THIS MORNING. THIS BIG DIP IN THE JET STREAM IS THE REASON WHY IT IS SETTLING HERE INTO THE EAST. AND IT’S GOING TO STAY WITH US THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. ON FRIDAY, AND THEN KIND OF GRADUALLY LIFT OUT AS WE GET INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. SO CHILLY OUT THE DOOR. A LOT OF 30S OUT THERE NOW, BUT JUST ENOUGH WIND OUT OF THE WEST 5 TO 15MPH. THAT IT IS FEELING COLDER. SO YOU WANT TO DRESS FOR THESE WIND CHILLS THAT ARE MOSTLY IN THE 20S. FEELS LIKE 18 AND WORCESTER, AND THAT WIND IS GOING TO PICK UP AGAIN TODAY, JUST LIKE YESTERDAY. WE’LL GET SOME GUSTS OVER 20MPH INTO THE AFTERNOON, SO THAT WILL MAKE IT FEEL A LITTLE COLDER. WE WILL MANAGE THE 40S TODAY, JUST LOW 40S THROUGH THE WORCESTER HILLS. SOME MID AND UPPER 40S ELSEWHERE, AND WE WILL HAVE SUNSHINE. BUT THAT WIND IS GOING TO MAKE IT FEEL A LITTLE COLDER AND THE SUN WILL BE BRIGHTEST THROUGH ABOUT NOONTIME. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW THE CLOUDS BUILD AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON. AND SO WE’LL BE KIND OF IN AND OUT OF THE SUN AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TO THE WEST, THOUGH, WE’RE WATCHING THIS NEXT DISTURBANCE. THIS IS DIVING IN THE BASE OF THAT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH, AND THIS IS GOING TO COME IN ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AND BRING US SOME BRIEF PASSING SHOWERS. LOOK HOW LIGHT THE RAIN IS GOING TO BE, JUST MAYBE ABOUT A 10TH OF AN INCH IF THAT. BUT IT’S GOING TO COME THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. SO WE GO THROUGH TODAY. WE SEE THOSE BUILDING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN WE KEEP THOSE SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY INTO TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES NOT AS COLD ABOUT 30 TO 36 TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. MORE CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE WITH THOSE EVENING SHOWERS. BUT AS THE WINDS TURN TO THE SOUTH AHEAD OF THAT SYSTEM, THE TEMPERATURES BUMP UP A LITTLE BIT. ON WEDNESDAY. SO WE’LL SQUEAK OUT ANOTHER DAY AT OR ABOVE 50 DEGREES IN A LOT OF SPOTS. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY, IT’S REALLY GOING TO BE TOWARD 4 OR 5:00 IN THE AFTERNOON THAT WE GET A COUPLE OF SHOWERS TO MOVE ON IN. THERE COULD BE SOME WET SNOWFLAKES MIXED IN IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS, BUT THIS ALL SCOOTS OUT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND IT IS BACK TO SOME SUNSHINE HERE ON THURSDAY. BUT IT IS WINDY AND IT IS COLD. THOSE WINDS COULD GUST OVER 30MPH ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THINGS SETTLE DOWN. AND THEN WHAT IS THIS ON YOUR SATURDAY STORM SYSTEM COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH? GOING TO HAVE MORE MOISTURE WITH IT AND THERE MIGHT BE ENOUGH COLD AIR INITIALLY THAT WE GET SOME SNOW OUT OF THIS SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE IT CHANGES TO RAIN. SO WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING THE TRACK ON THIS ONE, RIGHT? RIGHT NOW IT IS LOOKING LIKE A WET START TO THE WEEKEND WITH SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON SUNDAY. BUT WOULDN’T YOU KNOW, THE FIRST OFFICIAL WEEKEND OF SPRING AND WE’VE GOT THE CHANCE OF A LITTLE SNOW. ALWAYS SEEMS TO DO THAT JUST
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Video: Chilly breeze for last day of winter
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