STORM WATCH: Heavy rain, strong winds to move in tonight

Expect batches of scattered showers to come down, along with heavy rain, through the morning hours on Friday morning.

News 12 Staff

Feb 17, 2022, 11:05 AM

Updated 807 days ago

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WHAT'S NEW: We’ll be seeing a continuous mild temperature trend coming through the day, with temperaturesgetting into the mid to upper 50s. The average high is 41 for this time of year. Winds will be increasing, coming out of the south/southwest direction, at 10-30 mph, with gusts increasing after sunset. We will be dry today with the showers not arriving until after 9/10 PM.  Afterwards, expect batches of scattered showers to come down, along with heavy rain, through the morning hours on Friday morning. Heavy downpours could also come around from isolated thunderstorms embedded in a line coming through around 6 AM tomorrow. The rain ends by about 8/9am with breezy winds and partly cloudy skies for the afternoon.
WHAT'S NEXT: A nice weekend with fair skies and typical FEB temps will be coming around. Seasonable with highs near 40 degrees. Saturday is a little bit breezy with Sunday looking fantastic. Temps bounce back to warmer, above average levels, through at least the first half of next week.
TODAY: Mostly cloudy through the day with mild temps and breezy winds. Highs near 56 degrees with south/southwest winds 10 to 30 mph. Sunset: 5:28.
TONIGHT: Cloudy with strong winds & batches of light to heavy rain. Isolated thunderstorms are also possible going towards the 6AM hour for Fri AM. South southwest winds 20 to 40 mph gusting up to 50 to 60 mph.
FRIDAY: Rainy and windy through the 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. hour. By the afternoon, the winds will be backing down as temps tumble.  We’ll see our warmest time of the day happen before sunrise and temps will cool down into the 30s by the afternoon hours. Highs near 56 degrees with temperatures falling into the 30s late in the day. Colder at night with lows near 26 degrees.
SATURDAY: Breezy from time to time with partly cloudy skies. Highs near 43 degrees. Lows near 21.
SUNDAY: Mainly sunny and seasonable. Highs near 40. Lows near 31.
MONDAY: Mostly sunny and trending milder with highs near 48. Lows near 36.


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