Overview
- Across many areas Saturday, steady morning rain gives way to scattered afternoon showers with a few isolated storms possible toward evening as the front crosses.
- The Storm Prediction Center lists a Marginal Risk, the lowest of five levels, for parts of the region, which means a small chance of a local damaging wind or hail storm.
- Mother’s Day looks largely workable for outdoor plans with warmer highs in the 70s to near 80 or higher depending on location and only spotty afternoon or evening showers.
- Southwest winds increase ahead of the front with gusts near 30 mph in places, then cooler, breezy conditions settle in early next week with a few Monday showers and some frost risk in cooler pockets by Tuesday morning.
- Rainfall will vary widely with most spots picking up a few tenths of an inch while localized heavier bands could push totals toward 0.5 to 2 inches through Monday, which may help some lawns but still disrupt graduations and events.