Thursday 3/1 starts with some sun, but clouds roll in rapidly. Rain and drizzle start by early afternoon. Heaviest rain is Thursday evening and overnight. Rain and showers continue through Friday morning and even to early Friday evening.
Temperatures: 50 Thursday afternoon, mid 40s overnight, and around 40 steadily on Friday. When temperatures dip into the mid 30s -- this happens around 10-11pm Friday night -- precipitation will just be winding up. There's the possibility of up to 1/2 inch of wet snow on the "back end" of the storm. But given the relatively mild surfaces temperatures recently and the light/scattered nature of these showers, the snow will just melt on paved surfaces and is nothing at all to worry about.
Speaking of snow: if this system were snow, using a 10:1 snow ratio, and considering most of us will be getting an inch and a half or more of rain, we are dodging a 15-20 inch snow dump here.
Watch out for flooding, especially in areas that already have swollen rivers and creeks.
The wind: picks up overnight. 10mph 6 or 7am Friday. Sustained winds over 20mph by noon Friday. Gusts over 40mph by late Friday afternoon and evening. Winds don't die down until Saturday afternoon and evening.
So is this it?
I'm looking at 3/10 and 3/14-15 for wintry weather potential. But these are outside chances.
Stay tuned for updates!