{"id":3684,"date":"2018-02-13T17:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T22:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/?p=3684"},"modified":"2018-02-13T18:45:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T23:45:49","slug":"evening-update-clouds-fill-tonight-late-week-warm-possible-snow-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/13\/evening-update-clouds-fill-tonight-late-week-warm-possible-snow-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening Update: Clouds fill in tonight; Late week warm up before possible snow this weekend?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After some torrential rain this weekend, which helped to mitigate the moderate drought affecting most of the region, our weather returned back to normal for mid-February today. Today was still a rather chilly day, but the rest of the week should feel more comfortable. Ready for some 70s Thursday?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Through Tonight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tonight will be on the uneventful side except for a thick blanket of clouds that will only increase throughout the night. Low temperatures should drop to around the freezing mark, with attendant light winds out of the south.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomorrow (Valentine&#8217;s Day):<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3687\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3687\" class=\"wp-image-3687 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/poppy-3137588__480.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/poppy-3137588__480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/poppy-3137588__480-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Tomorrow will feel more like early spring. (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixabay.com\">Pixabay<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Love will be in the air, and so will pleasant temperatures for Valentine&#8217;s Day. High temps will rebound into the mid to upper 50s with south winds around 5 mph. Skies should clear up a bit and become mostly sunny by afternoon, but watch for a chance of showers tonight. If you&#8217;ve got any special plans tomorrow night, make sure to grab a rain jacket before you leave the house.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A look ahead:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3685\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3685\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3685\" src=\"http:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gfs_T2m_neus_10-800x603.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gfs_T2m_neus_10-800x603.jpg 800w, https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gfs_T2m_neus_10-500x377.jpg 500w, https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gfs_T2m_neus_10.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Potential record-breaking temperatures for much of the area as we flirt with the 70 degree mark Thursday. (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tropicaltidbits.com\/analysis\/models\/\">TropicalTidbits<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The past two weekends have shown us copious rain, and combined with our mild week ahead, you may be thinking that winter is just about cancelled now. Don&#8217;t count winter out just yet; it is far out but some weather models are yet again hinting at a snowstorm for this weekend. The hype train isn&#8217;t quite at full speed yet, but this weekend will be something to watch!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Feature photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixabay.com\">Pixabay<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After some torrential rain this weekend, which helped to mitigate the moderate drought affecting most of the region, our weather returned back to normal for mid-February today. Today was still a rather chilly day, but the rest of the week&hellip; <br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/13\/evening-update-clouds-fill-tonight-late-week-warm-possible-snow-weekend\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":3686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[97,73,68,66,85],"class_list":["post-3684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather-discussion","tag-college-park","tag-february","tag-light-rain","tag-mild","tag-showers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/valentines-day-3135789__480.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3684"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3689,"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3684\/revisions\/3689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weather.umd.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}