I hope you all had a great weekend!  The sunshine was sure nice, although it was still quite cold yesterday.  We had a low of 7 degrees and a high of 29 on Sunday.  A fitting way to end January, which was a colder than average month!  Here’s a look at our January stats:

Do you believe it’s February already?!  It is amazing how fast 2010 is already going.  Meteorologist Erik Zarnitz will be the emcee at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery’s Groundhog Day celebration tomorrow (Tuesday) morning.  The fun will get started around 9:30am, with activities continuing throughout the day.  Head out to see Erik, and to see if our local groundhog, Ivy, will see her shadow!

If Groundhog day was today, Ivy would definitely be predicting another 6 weeks of winter!  We should see plenty of sunshine, between high clouds.  High pressure is just off to our South, keeping things quiet:

But notice a disturbance off to our west… unsettled weather across the central part of the country.  That is in association with a low that will head our way for Tuesday.  We’ll see an increase in cloud cover (mostly cloudy by afternoon)… so there is a chance that Ivy *won’t* see her shadow!  Hmmm… we’ll have to wait until tomorrow morning to see what it looks like.  I vote for Spring, though!! 

As the area of low pressure moves through, it will weaken.  Our high is keeping things pretty dry/tranquil over us, so we’re lacking moisture.  A few flurries or light snow showers, at best, could fall late Tuesday.  On Wednesday, high pressure will build back into the region again… bringing more sunshine and warming temps as the week goes on.

The next chance for precip will be Friday into Saturday, as another storm system looks like it will move just south of us.  Right now, we could see a rain/snow mix on Fri… and then all snow for Sat.  It’s something we’ll keep an eye on.  We all know how these things can change…

Jamie