March 22, 2016 Afternoon

It looks like the high pressure has gotten stuck over us a little longer then expected, but I still expect clouds to dominate by evening with rain showers around midnight as the low pushes west and south. Currently we are at 45 degrees with a few clouds, and a westerly wind blowing at 12 mph with gusts up to 28 mph. Looking at 52 degrees for 5 pm. Maybe this evening won’t be that cloudy, but I’m not expecting a real nice evening for sure.

The next few days will be quite mild but cloudy with chance of rain showers throughout. We aren’t expecting any major downpours, but we may get a quick 1/10th of an inch every once and a while through Friday. Thursday of this week will have a best chance of showers, the NWS is predicting 80% chance of showers in during the day. Nights this week will be quite mild — 10-15 degrees above normal and in the 40s, but the days will be in the 50s to 60s. Tomorrow will be the warmest of the week.

And if you are looking forward to a nice Easter weekend, I have some good news. Good Friday will have 30% chance of showers, and a seasonable 50 degrees. Saturday will be mostly sunny, 53 degrees, and Easter will be partly sunny and 58 degrees. While we all would want weather in the 60s and 70s, it is still March, normal high temperatures around 49 degrees in Albany.