Throw out the predictions of the groundhogs, spring has sprung in Northwest Georgia.
A brief dip in temperatures on Monday will put the highs in the 60s to start the week, but after that the thermometer is going up-up-up to what is expected for mid-April in the region and is coming well earlier than would have been predicted previously by foreasters.
Look forward to sunshine and clouds to dominate the forecast as temperatures start warming up in earnest during the days ahead as NWS Peachtree City calls for highs in the 70s and lows into the 50s to start the week, and then up into the 80s in some parts of the region by midweek.
Those low 80 highs are expected to stick around through the end of the week even as chances of showers move into Northwest Georgia by next weekend with chances of thunderstorms interrupting the beautiful start of March by this coming Saturday.
Highs will remain in the 80s through the start of the second week of March, and then a slight cooldown is expected with highs in the 60s and 70s and lows down into the 40s and 50s with likelihood of rain by the second weekend of the month.
The opening days of March might be spring in temperature, but remain calendar for winter as the season seems to be pushed out for the eastern half of the nation, and then remain near normal over the Rockies and much of the western half of the nation. The only spots still colder than average? Alaska.
The National Weather Service expects above average highs ranging from Minnesota to Maine in the North down to Texas and Florida in the south through at least the next six to 10 days.
Changes in the jet stream are influencing warmer air to move up from the Gulf of Mexico and Eastern Pacific and pushing to the upper latitudes, but don’t expect it to last. Warm air rises, cold air falls and the chances for cool downs by the end of the month are just as likely as the forecast staying warmer.
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