Mild Then Colder - Winter Won't Go Home!!!

Good Morning!

Old Man Winter will not leave us alone!  Mild spring-like weather for today, but when the cold front works through this evening and into tomorrow, you'll understand what I mean.  Let's take a closer look.

SOME SHOWERS IN PERIODS:  Right now we're sitting at 36 degrees as I write this before 7 AM.  Rain is in the area right now, but when you get to the cold side of the frontal system, you see mixed precipitation and snow.  That's in the tip of the mitten, and back over the lake into NE Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula.  We'll get a taste of the mixed stuff, and hopefully the system moves on and we don't have to deal with a lot of wraparound snow on the back side of the cold front.  Here's current radar:

BACK TO A BIT OF SNOW FOR THE WEEKEND:  We manage to get the clouds out of here and stay mainly clear and colder for Thursday and most of Friday.  There's a little upper wave that scoots south of us early Friday, and that may bring in some passing clouds but I don't think it does much else.  Friday night though, we re-introduce some clouds and bring in some more precipitation, this looks more like snow than rain to me.  Yes, I said snow, and I hope I am wrong.  It doesn't look like a long lasting event, or that it will even stick all that much, after the last few days above freezing.  You'll need to plan on it though, and expect the occasional slick spot due to frozen snow melt or lingering water from the mid week rains.  Here's what the Weather Prediction Center thinks we get in the way of rain for the next 5 days:

We pick up right around a half inch of liquid over the next five days, and that looks reasonable to me.  Just some clouds early next week appears to be about it for now.

IT WON'T FEEL ANYTHING LIKE SPRING:  After we get through these couple of systems this week, troughing digs deep into the US, pulling cold Canadian air down along with it.  This is a vigorous shot of cold, pulling cold readings all the way down into the Tennessee Delta and even northern Mississippi and Alabama!

Here's the forecast:

Today - Cloudy, mild, scattered showers.  I can't rule out the possibility of a rumble of thunder, especially south and west of Jackson, high 46.  Wind WSW 7-14 MPH.

Tonight - Clouds start thinning out, colder, lows near 25, winds WNW 6-12 MPH.

Thursday - Periods of clouds mixed with sun, a bit cooler, high 42.  Winds NW 6-12 MPH.

Thursday Night - More stars than clouds, chilly, lows near 23.

Friday - Sunny to start, clouds roll in during the afternoon, some light snow after 6 PM.  High 46 then falling.

Saturday - Partly cloudy, sharply colder, high 36.

There's a look at your forecast into the weekend.  I hope you have a great day.