Warm-up Begins Daytime Temps 30’s, 40’s & 50’s Over Weekend, 60’s & 70’s Next Week; Next Storms System March 4-6

<p>Today Arctic high-pressure shifts east and southerly flow warms temps into the low to mid 30’s and nighttime temps in the low teens.    Saturday a ridge begins to rebuild out to the west bring northwest flow over the area warming daytime temps into the mid 40’s and overnight lows into the mid-teens.  Sunday ridge expands over the area and more westerly flow keeps warming temps into the upper 50’s.   Monday a minor upper-level trough moves through halting the warm-up briefly with slightly cooler temps in mid-50’s.   Tuesday ridge of high-pressure continues to amplify over the western half U.S. and west-southwest flow will keep warming daytime temps into the 60’s, 10-15-degrees above normal and lows in the upper 20’s and low 30’s.    </p>