A stretch of mild early March weather will continue across the region, but a classic spring storm system will bring several rounds of active weather heading into the weekend. The system will likely produce thunderstorms, measurable rain and eventually a transition to some light snow before it moves out Saturday. Temperatures will warm again early next week before another system could bring additional mixed precipitation and cooler air by the middle of the week.
This afternoon will remain mostly cloudy, and that will hold temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. There will be a few places where the clouds break. If you do get more sunshine, temperatures will warm a bit more. A light southeast breeze will continue through the day as the next storm system begins organizing across the Plains.
The first impacts from that system will arrive late tonight into early Friday morning as showers and thunderstorms begin developing across the region. Not much has changed with the overall setup since earlier today, but the timing of the storms has become a little clearer. The first round of storms will develop after midnight tonight and will continue into the early morning hours Friday…