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A general warming trend will define the weather pattern for the coming weeks. Though there are aspects of spring that I enjoy, two side effects of the spring fever in particular are anathema to me: warmth and bugs. Both of these scourges reared their ugly heads yesterday: the temperature reached 70 in some places with high humidity as a cold front moved through; and last evening, I opened the back door of my home only to be greeted by a large, brown arachnid in the jamb. It had an arse the size of a softball (I tried to look up what the ass-end of a spider is really called, but I couldn’t stand to look at the pictures of spiders on entomology websites) and legs like nautical rope.

Yes, friends, the return of insects also marks the return of my wildly hyperbolic tendencies.

The spider was looking at me with all eight of its eyes (again, I don’t know how many eyes a spider really has, but I can’t bring myself to brave the World Wide Web and its horrifying array of arachnid photos), daring me to take it on. I vanquished the beast with a potent stream of Simple Green—my weapon of choice for spiderfighting, in that it ensures there will be no close contact—which eventually sent the creature thudding to the patio and lumbering unhappily away.

And in that moment I missed winter so, so much—missed it in all its frigid, spiderless, grey-and-brown landscaped glory.

On to the forecast, including the return of the WeatherTable, which follows the text forecast…

Today will be chilly and windy with lots of sunshine and blue skies. High 51, low 26.

Thursday will feature sunshine early; clouds will increase through the late afternoon and evening, and showers will develop sometime after 8 or 9pm. High 55, low 41.

Friday looks overcast with steady rain and periods of showers throughout the day, tapering to drizzle late. High 59, low 48.

Saturday will be cloudy for the most part, with perhaps a lingering shower or two in the morning; clearing late. High 56, low 38.

On Sunday, temperatures will be milder and skies will be partly to mostly sunny. High 61, low 40.

Next week looks like more of the same, for the most part. Highs will be in the mid to upper 50s to near 60; lows will be in the lower 40s. Windy on Tuesday and Wednesday. Best chances for rain next week are Monday the 7^th (a few showers in the evening) and Thursday the 10^th (rainy throughout).

Friday, April 11^th will be noticeably warmer and quite sunny with a high of 67 and a low of 39.

The following weekend looks a bit cooler over all: Saturday the 12^th will be sunny and chilly with a high in the mid 50s and a low in the mid 30s. Sunday the 13^th looks rainy and windy with temperatures struggling to get out of the 40s.

Beyond that, we’ll trend warmer again, but not dramatically. Highs will be in the mid 50s; lows in the mid 30s.

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