@OttumwaSnomow, you have to be thrilled to have scored some good rains, right?

I am, in fact...NOT in the pepto

Happy Friday!! Its one of the coolest mornings in quite a while here today with some upper 40's show up in the valley. It's really nice to take a step back with temps here over the next few days but I see a big time warm up dialing up for later mid & late month. I'm going to enjoy these cooler days while mostly still a touch AN, but today should remain about normal for the most part.

tomorrow keeps getting better and better!

The overnight low here in MBY was 38, the current temperature is 40 with cloudy skies. Today looks to become very mild with a chance of some heavier thunderstorms. Highs could reach into the mid 60’s tonight looks to be very warm with overnight lows staying in the 60’s tomorrow it will start off very mild and become cooler later in the day. The week ahead look spring like for the most part with highs ranging from the 60’s to mid 40’s. KEY MESSAGES FOG THIS MORNING STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SATURDAY MORNING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES INTO NEXT WEEK MID-WEEK SYSTEM BRINGS STORMS AND SNOW Detailed Forecast Today A slight chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Areas of fog before 11am. High near 65. Light east southeast wind becoming south southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Tonight Showers and thunderstorms before 4am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after 4am. Steady temperature around 62. South southwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Saturday Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to near 64 by 10am, then falling to around 52 during the remainder of the day. Southwest wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Saturday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. West wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Sunday Sunny, with a high near 56. Southwest wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Sunday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 46. Monday Sunny, with a high near 64. Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Tuesday Showers likely after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Tuesday Night Showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Wednesday A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 43/37 there was 0.02” of rainfall the highest wind speed was 20 MPH out of the E. For today the average H/L is 40/24 the record high of 68 was in 1933, 1978 the coldest high of 16 was in 1920,1913 the record low of 0 was in 1901,1920 the warmest low of 50 was in 1894. The wettest was 0.68” id 1894 the most snowfall of 5.6” was in 1971 the most snow on the ground was 19” in 2014. The sunrise today is at 7:09 Am and the sun set is at 6:38 PM. Some weather history for March 6th 1954, Florida received its greatest modern-day snowfall of record, with 4.0 inches at the Milton Experimental Station. Pensacola FL equalled their 24-hour record with 2.1 inches of snow. (The Weather Channel)and in 1989, A winter storm in the south central U.S. left parts of Missouri and Arkansas buried under more than a foot of snow. Heavier snowfall totals in Missouri included 14 inches at Springfield and 16 inches at Lebanon. Totals in Benton County AR ranged up to 14 inches. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)