Wintry weekend weather expected to begin Friday with freezing drizzle across the area starting during the morning hours and persisting through much of the day, especially north of Highway 36. South of Highway 36, temperatures may warm above freezing by noon with freezing drizzle changing to drizzle south of that highway. Friday night into Saturday, an arctic cold front moves through with temperatures falling through the day. Light snow will accompany the storm system associated with the front with accumulations generally half an inch or less. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:
Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Southeast wind around 11 mph.
Friday: Patchy freezing drizzle after 7 a.m., mixing with drizzle after 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 35. South southeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Friday Night: Areas of drizzle before 10 p.m., then a chance of drizzle or freezing drizzle between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., then a slight chance of freezing drizzle after 2 a.m. Cloudy, with a low around 19. Southeast wind 7 to 16 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.
Saturday: A chance of freezing drizzle before 9 a.m., then a chance of snow and freezing drizzle between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., then a chance of snow after 10 a.m. Cloudy, with a high near 22. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday Night: A chance of snow before 7 p.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around -3. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Sunday: Sunny and cold, with a high near 14.
Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 4.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 29.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 13.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 37.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 23.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.