Chill Remains, Rain on the Way

Expect more sunshine for your Sunday so right there it'll seem warmer than yesterday. It'll help those temperatures a little. The high yesterday was 51° (and cloudy), this afternoon we expect to hit 55°:

The typical high this time of year is 56°, the lowest number we have during the year. In other words, Dec. 17th through Jan. 18th (calendar days with a "normal" of 56°) represent the "coldest" time of the year on average. That's been the story ever since the tornado outbreak of Dec. 26th (also the warmest day in Dec. 2015 with a high of 82°). It's been so cold since then we haven't even made it up to our typical high. We won't the first three days of the work week either:

We have rain in the forecast mid-week. A pair of powerful Pacific storms are off the west coast. Storm #1 will be here Wednesday, Storm #2 by next weekend:

Rain chances start to show up late Tuesday night in our western counties and spread east by Wednesday morning. This will be mostly light rain, we are not expecting strong storms with this system. The rain peaks Wednesday night but will likely be around for the morning commute on Thursday:

It looks right now that the coldest air so far this season is arriving just after next weekend. A ridge of high pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere will build over the west coast. That will help spill cold Canadian air into the Central Plains and the East Coast. We'll getting a glancing blow of this cold but enough to put us into a deep chill. There will also be a chance we could get some wintery mix with this. We'll keep you posted:

But that is a worry for next week. Here is your forecast for this one. A little bit of a warm-up in the wake of the rain before Storm #2 arrives and gives us cooler air and rain chances. Right now it is looking like just a cold rain on Saturday. We'll watch that one as well: