A few bumps in the road ahead.

Thanks this morning to Shamane Barkes for sending this nice sky shot. I really appreciate it. We had a gorgeous day across the area yesterday, although it was windy. A lot of people were out and about yesterday afternoon in shorts just trying to soak it in. A lot of sunshine again today, but it won't be AS warm. But for this time of year highs near 60 is still doing pretty good. The models show a pretty good drop in temps later next week, but even that won't last long. This is afterall the time of year when we see some pretty dramatic ups and downs. There will be plenty of time for freezing temperatures in the morning hours, so even though gardeners may be a little itchy to start planting flowers the wise ones will hold off for awhile. Another big system will bring us some thunderstorms late Saturday night into early Sunday morning. Some may be strong to possibly severe. It's awfully dry across the Tennessee Valley right now as evidenced by the number of brush fires we had yesterday. Hopefully this storm will deliver average rainfall amounts between 1/2 and 3/4 of an inch.

Today: Mostly sunny, breezy. NE 10-15 High: 60

Tonight: Fair and cold. Low: 33

Saturday: Clouds thicken, warm. South 10-15. High: 65

Saturday night: Rain and storms move in. Some could be strong to severe. Low: 45

Sunday: Rain and storms early. High: 62 Low: 36

Monday: Mostly sunny, pleasant. High: 60 Low: 38

Tuesday: Partly cloudy. High: 60 Low: 37