Much needed RAIN!

Good morning! It's time to get this thing started back up.

A few light showers produced a few rainbows around Columbus yesterday. Here's a few pictures.

Next Few Days:
If you weren't lucky enough to pick up some rain then hold on a few more hours. The front stationed to our west will migrate to the east over the next 24-36 hours. Once the front pushes past our area, we'll forecast a bit of sunshine for Thursday and Friday.

Weekend:
However, Friday night through Sunday look rather wet. Here's why:

The Euro at 9Z Sunday morning:

That blob of red and purple you see over New Orleans is the vorticity associated with an Upper Level Low (ULL). It's forecast to develop over the state of Texas Friday afternoon and slither east. Upper level lows are known to be slow movers, as this will be, and bring a good deal of rain to the southeast.

Here's the Euro's precipitation map at the same time:

Notice, the heaviest activity is over Georgia. This is about 18 hours after the event starts, so expect to pick up a good bit of rain this weekend.

For comparison's sake, here's the GFS at the same hour:

Here are some numbers the models are printing out: 

(NOTE: This does NOT have the Euro QPF, but the GFS is similar to the Euro's solution)

Both global models, GFS and Euro, have Columbus picking up about 2 inches of rain over the next week. That's GREAT news for a parched southeast! Even better news is this storm system bringing beneficial rainfall to Florida. Parts of that state have been bone dry through much of winter and early spring. However, the threat for strong to severe thunderstorms is greater along the peninsula. Locally, we may see a strong thunderstorm or two, but the tornado threat is extremely low and I'm not concerned about it at this time.

After the system passes to our east Monday, we'll cool off into the low to mid 70s. However, it should be noted that past runs of the models have shown MUCH cooler temperatures for us. We'll have to wait and see what happens.