HOW THINGS ARE SHAPING UP OVER OUR AREA TODAY. THANK YOU. DYLAN, WE HAVE GOT CONDITIONS THAT ARE LOOKING A LITTLE BIT DAMP TODAY IN A FEW LOCATIONS, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WEST. WE’VE GOT WARMER 80S IN THE FORECAST. CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO BE TOO COLD FOR THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP, THAT’S FOR SURE, BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO KEEP THOSE WARMER TEMPERATURES AROUND IN THIS TASTE OF SUMMER THROUGH THE WEEKED. WE’VE GOT SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES IN FOR NEXT WEEK. I KNOW FOLKS ARE ITCHING TO PLANT, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE FORECAST. THERE’S A CHANCE WE COULD SEE SOME FROST ONE MORNING NEXT WEEK, SO USUALLY IT’S RIGHT AROUND THE 10TH. THE 15TH OF APRIL IS OUR LAST FROST OR FREEZE OF THE SEASON, AND THAT’S COMING UP SOON. BUT WE’RE NOT QUITE THERE YET. BUT LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES WE’RE EXPECTING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FORECAST HIGHS EQUAL THE RECORD HIGH FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE DATES. SO WARMER CONDITIONS, SLIGHTLY MORE HUMID CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA TODAY WITH SOME HEAVY CLOUD COVER IN PLACE. A CHANCE FOR SOME WET WEATHER, JUST SOME SPRINKLES AND SOME LIGHT RAIN ACROSS OUR WESTERN COUNTIES WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING COOLER IN THE 50S. THERE’S ALSO A CHANCE FOR FOG OUT THAT WAY. IT IS MUCH WARMER ACROSS THE TRIAD. TEMPERATURES ARE CLOSE TO 70. THERE’S A STATIONARY FRONT THAT IS DRAPED OVER THE AREA WHERE THE COOLER AIR KIND OF RESIDES ALONG THE RIDGE LINE AND SOME OF THE VALLEYS AND AREAS NORTH OF THERE. THE WARM AIR IS PUSHING. WE DO EXPECT THIS FRONT TO LIFT NORTHWARD, ALLOWING THOSE WARMER TEMPERATURES TO UNFOLD OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. A VERY POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO ROLL VERY SLOWLY THROUGH THE MIDWEST, BRINGING NOT ONLY A THREAT FOR TORNADOES, DAMAGING WINDS, AND VERY LARGE HAIL, BUT THE SLOW NATURE OF THIS ALSO RAISES THE FLOOD RISK IN THOSE AREAS. BEHIND THAT, WE’VE GOT A COUPLE OF AREAS OF COOLER AIR THAT WILL EVENTUALLY WORK ITS WAY IN, BUT THIS FRONT IS GOING TO DRAPE ITSELF OVER THE SOUTH AND THE MID-ATLANTIC AND JUST KIND OF HANG THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WE’RE GOING TO BE ON THE WARM SIDE OF THAT. SO THE WARM UP BEGINS TODAY. WE’LL START OUT PRETTY CLOSE TO THE UPPER 60S THIS MORNING, IF NOT NEAR 70, WITH A HIGH CLOSE TO 80 THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS AT 10 TO 25. THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN AROUND. OF ALL THE AREAS TODAY, I THINK THE TRIAD IS GOING TO BE THE DRIEST. WE’LL HAVE OUR BEST RAIN CHANCES ALONG THAT FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. OUR BEST CHANCE EARLY, AND THEN IT RETURNS LATER ON MAY INCLUDE A LITTLE THUNDER. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE FOOTHILLS IN THE MID 70S AND THEN CLOSE TO 70, AND MANY MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS WITH A LITTLE FOG OUT THAT WAY THIS MORNING. POTENTIALLY BACK TO THE MIDWEST. LOOK AT ALL THE REPORTED TORNADOES WE HAD THERE YESTERDAY. REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE GREATLY OUTNUMBERED THAT, ESPECIALLY OVER PARTS OF THE MIDWEST. HAIL REPORTS WERE NUMEROUS TO SOME THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS ACROSS THE MIDWESTERN STATES, AND REPORTS OF FLOODING FROM THAT SLOW MOVEMENT. THE RISK STARTS TO EASE A LITTLE CLOSER TO US. I CAN’T RULE OUT A JUST A GARDEN VARIETY THUNDERSTORM TODAY, BUT THE FRONT DOES NOT GET INTO OUR AREA. THE RISK FOR TORNADOES AND HAIL WILL BE THE HIGHEST, BUT WIND DAMAGE COULD BE STRETCHED ACROSS THAT. LOOKING TO FRIDAY, LOOKING TO SATURDAY, THAT ALL STAYS TO OUR WEST. SO GOOD NEWS IS WE WILL AVOID THE SEVERE WEATHER. WE COULD USE THE RAIN, BUT WE’RE GOING TO BE PRETTY WARM AND PRETTY HUMID FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A BIG DROP IN TEMPERATURES STARTS ON MONDAY AFTER THE RAIN CLEARS US.