Hopefully Sunday’s gloomy and icky weather didn’t put a damper on your Easter celebrations. On the plus side, our shower and thunderstorm chances have come to a close, leaving us mostly cloudy and breezy before the morning commute.

From there, conditions will gradually dry out, though a gusty wind will remain. Winds will be out of the southwest at first, then turning to the west and northwest by the afternoon. Similar to Sunday, peak gusts will end up in the 30-35 mph range. This, along with the cloud cover will leave afternoon highs in the mid 50s making for a below average start to the work week. Skies remain partly cloudy overnight, though a warm front lifting in will help bring a chance for an isolated shower or thunderstorm around Tuesday morning’s commute.

With a warm front parked overhead, there are some indications that maybe a few thunderstorms could develop Tuesday afternoon through evening, some of which could be strong to severe. For that, the Storm Prediction Center has placed a majority of the region under a level 1 of 5 Marginal risk. Sporadic large hail will be a concern with the strongest storms. Again, question marks with this severe potential so make sure to keep tabs on Tuesday’s forecast. Afternoon highs will end up much warmer compared to today, landing in the mid to upper 60s.

Temperatures then become the big weather story Wednesday and Thursday as both days will end up with highs in the low 70s. Normally, we’re around 61°-62° at this point in April. A slim chance for rain will slide in late Wednesday, though I do think our best chance this week will be Thursday night into Friday as a weak but slightly more organized system slides across the region. Signs of severe potential are slim to none at the moment.