Rowan weather: The sun’ll come out tomorrow

Published 7:48 am Friday, March 20, 2015

It’s another chilly, damp morning with a 30 percent chance of rain and a possibility of patchy fog. Then we’ll have a cloudy day, with a high near 63. Look out for more fog tonight, with a low around 42.

Spring comes in this evening, 6:45 p.m. to be exact. And there is a total solar eclipse today, visible in the Faroe Islands and Svalbard in Norway. Europe gets to see a partial eclipse, but we won’t see it here. And not just because of the clouds.

To see interactive maps and learn more about the eclipse, check out timeanddate.com.

Back here in Rowan County, we can look forward to Saturday, when we get a taste of what spring should be, with mostly sunny skies and a high near 66. The low will dip down into the 40s again, near 45 degrees.

Sunday brings another 30 percent chance of showers in the afternoon, and we’re back to mostly cloudy skies and a high near 65. Sunday night has a 40 percent chance of showers, with a low of 42.

Guess what’s coming Monday — another 30 percent chance of showers and more cloudy skies, with a high of just 51 degrees. The low will drop to 36 Monday night.

Tuesday will be partly sunny and near 57, with another cold low of 38.

Wednesday should be mostly sunny with a high near 64 and a reverse low of 46.

At this point, the prediction for Thursday is another 40 percent chance of showers and now thunderstorms, with a warm high of 72.

That’s spring in the Carolinas for you, sunshine one day, warm and stormy another day.