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Weather Eye: After eventful week, spring has sprung with chance of showers

By Patrick Timm
Published: March 20, 2016, 6:00am

In just one short week we set our clocks ahead for daylight saving time, jumped for joy with the Ides of March, wore the green on St. Patrick’s Day and welcomed the new season of spring. And spring rolled in during the night, with the last few daylight hours of winter having plenty of sunshine and afternoon temperatures in the mid- to upper 60s.

Unfortunately, the first full day of spring will see clouds and showers and much cooler temperatures reminding us it is still early in the season. The forecast this week calls for a chance of showers. It may dry out near the end of next week.

As usually happens with spring, we will have periods of sun and dry periods between the weather systems that will likely rotate around a broad trough of low pressure setting up in the Gulf of Alaska. Snow levels will bounce around a bit between pass levels and above.

I heard skiing and snowboarding was great Saturday with spring snow conditions after the powder snowfall. I was asked what the weather would be like on Easter. Typically, it can go either way between clouds and cold showers or sunny, mild weather.

It does come early this year, so it is possible the fickle month of March may keep a dash of winter in its grips next Sunday. But, I will stick my neck out and say partly sunny and in the low to mid-60s for Easter (I know I’ll change that as the week goes on).

Spring break is this week for many students and teachers across the river, with a mixed bag with the clouds and showers I mentioned. It will be rainy in the mountains today but snowy on Monday for skiing.

A bit too early to predict how Clark County spring break will be, but we’ll keep our fingers crossed and a close weather eye out.

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Reach him at http://patricktimm.com

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