Cold Spring Start

Welcome to our first morning of Spring. It is also our first FROST ADVISORY of March. Lows this morning dipped below freezing in our northern counties. The north wind that was producing near freezing wind chills this morning also kept the temperatures from bottoming out over the metro area. It stayed in the upper 30's over the urban centers:

Lots of sunshine today as cold air mass moves over the top of us. With this cold start and breezy north wind we'll only get into the upper 50's today for a high. That would make it the coldest day in March so far. First day of Spring... really?

Here is the hour-by-hour forecast for the day. We'll quickly drop into the 40's by evening.

The winds will diminish the temperatures will again fall down into the 30's. I expect another frost advisory for tomorrow morning as well. It'll likely be a few degrees cooler in fact as kids start back from Spring break on Monday. A south wind will warm us up into the low 60's tomorrow:

By Wednesday we'll be right back into the 80's with strong south winds. We'll have to watch out for grass fires with the dry air and strong winds. There is a slight risk that storms could develop along the dryline on Wednesday afternoon. Though the chance is small they would likely develop right over the metro area and be capable of producing damaging winds and hail:

A strong cold front arrives overnight or Thursday morning. There is a chance for severe weather on Thursday as this front moves through, we'll keep you posted as the event draws closer. It'll certainly be cooler. 80's one day, 60's the next. The skies will clear out on Friday but it'll still only be in the 60's for highs:

Here is the extended. We expect highs to recover by weekend and get into the 70's: