It’s Spring - Yeah, Right
Despite the fact that we’re at the end of the first week of spring, the weather certainly seems like it isn’t cooperating. Today’s high temperature of 51 was a full 16 degrees below normal. The weather service has issued a frost advisory for tonight, and a freeze advisory for Saturday night and Sunday night. And, the 80 degree weather we saw two weekends ago seems like a distant memory.
The persistent cold is being caused by an upper-level low over Ohio that is acting to bring cold, northern air into our area. It hasn’t moved much over the last few days, and isn’t expected to be gone until Monday. Until then, we’ll see weather more like late February than late March.
It’s about time for the last freeze of the winter, which we will likely see this weekend. The average last freeze date in Atlanta is March 30th. The last time we saw a freeze in April was in 2000, when it dropped below 32 degrees on the ninth. It can be even later. In 1986, we saw a freeze as late as April 23rd.
The cooler weather is probably good news for the folks in Augusta, who always like to have the Azaleas blooming during the second week of April. I was worried that the warm weather was going to bring them out too early. So, maybe there’s a slight silver lining to the cool weather cloud.
Speaking of golf, it looks like good weather for the BellSouth Classic at Sugarloaf next week. The cool weather will finally move out early next week, and 70 degree temperatures are expected by the time the golfers tee off on Thursday. There’s a chance of thunder, though, and possible gusty winds on Friday and Saturday, but by the final round on Sunday, better weather will have returned.
The long range forecast calls for good weather for the Masters Tournament as well, with plenty of sun, and highs in the low 70s, at least for Friday and Saturday.
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