The Corps of Engineers now have opened 45 bays of the Spillway and the result is a flattening of the curve regarding future rises & falls. (Now if only Covid 19 does the same!)
In fact, the Corps could start closing the bays late next week as river levels farther north are falling, especially on the Ohio River that is dropping 1-2 feet/day. In the short term, more heavy rains are expected later today and tomorrow with a medium risk for severe storms.
We're unlikely to see much rain here until later Thursday into Friday as a weak front staggers through. Models continue to forecast a major pattern shift coming for the next 2-3 weeks that will make April temps below normal. We are flirting with record warmth this week, but that will go away as the current West Coast upper trough shifts eastward and settles over the central part of the nation for several weeks.
You can see the well defined rain swirl off of California that will head our way bringing better rain chances and the potential for strong storms here late Saturday into early Easter Sunday. Plenty of cold air covers the northern tier of states up into Canada and we'll see some of that coolness over the coming weeks. Friday and Saturday cool down a smidge, but next week brings even chillier air that could drop the North Shore into the 40s! Who said fireplace weather is over? Maybe not? Stay tuned!
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