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Today's Weather: Preparing For A Climb

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 3, 2013 2:00PM

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Photo credit: Ann Hilton Fisher

Good Morning, everyone and here's hoping you're enjoying your truncated work week as well as we. Today's forecast has temps slightly colder than Wednesday and, as of now, an apparent lack of sun. Skilling Central says the catalyst for this is cold air coming on west winds blowing between 12-22 mph. We may not reach 30 today for a high and our streak of days without a 1-inch measure of snowfall moves stands at 314 days. A peek at the extended forecasts from Skilling and Accuweather shows we're due for a slight warming trend over the weekend that could have us flirting with temps in the high 40s by midweek, if Skilling is to be believed. (Accuweather's extended forecast is more modest.)