Today will be our first above normal temperature day since Easter Sunday. We should see some sun later today with temperatures well into the 60's. We chill back to normal temperatures over the weekend with highs in the low 60's before a big warmup next week. The warmest day here in Chester County looks to be Wednesday with highs in the low to mid 80's (1st 90+ possible near the Philly heat island area) Temperatures start to cool a bit later next week. Sadly, no rain in the forecast at all!

Overnight I had 0.24” of rainfall the overnight low here in MBY was 43 and that is the current temperature with light rain falling. Today looks to be cloudy and rather cool with highs in the mid 50’s at best. Tonight looks to see clearing skies and a low around 32. Saturday will see increasing clouds with a high in the upper 50’s Sunday will see a warmup that looks to last most of next week with highs in the 70’s and lows in the 50’s to around 60. It looks wet with a chance of showers and maybe a thunderstorm most days. KEY MESSAGES RAIN TODAY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL POTENTIAL NEXT WEEK The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 65/50 there was 0.04” of rainfall, the highest wind gust was 36 MPH out of the S. The current meteorological spring snowfall total is just 0.7” that is a departure of -7.9” the total snowfall for the season is at 75.4” that is a departure of -1.2” For today the average H/L is 55/35 the record high of 85 was in 2011 the coldest high of 32 was in 1989 the record low of 15 was also in 1989 the warmest low of 54 was in 2011 and 1945 the most rainfall of 1.61” was in 2008 the most snowfall of 2.0” was in 1894 the most snow on the ground was 5” in 1973. Some weather history for April 10th 1935, Severe dust storms across Iowa and Kansas closed schools and highways. Dodge City KS experienced its worst dust storm of record, with dense dust reported from the morning of the 9th until after sunset on the 11th. The sky was almost as dark as night at times during the daylight hours. The thick dust suspended traffic on highways and railroads, and also suspended most business in town. (The Weather Channel) 1990 hunderstorms produced severe weather from the Central Gulf Coast Region to western sections of the Carolinas during the afternoon and evening. Evening thunderstorms over western South Carolina produced wind gusts to 98 mph which injured four persons at Holly Springs, and wind gusts to 100 mph which injured one person and caused half a million dollars damage north of Dacusville. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data).

Nice steady grass growing rain falling with a temp of 60. The lawnmower will be working overtime the next few weeks.

Tonight's Update from me. Generally, a +10% compared to yesterday's thoughts:

Wow! Awesome shots - thanks for sharing. Nice to see there remains a little wild west like you see in older films.