NICE WEATHER AHEAD - BUT WE NEED RAIN

FROM KRBC CHIEF METEOROLOGIST RANDY TURNER ..

WE EXPERIENCED A COLD FRONT THURSDAY MORNING AND WILL EXPERIENCE ANOTHER FRONT FRIDAY MORNING, MAKING FOR A COOL FEEL TO THE DAY.

LOOKING AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND - I'M EXPECTING SUNNY CONDITIONS WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS WELL INTO THE 60'S AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 40'S.

THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN, AND IT ISN'T A GOOD ONE, IS MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY OF THE COMING WEEK FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANCE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. AGAIN, IT DOESN'T LOOK TOO EXCITING RIGHT NOW BUT WORTH A 20% CHANCE AT THIS POINT.

NO BIG ARCTIC BLASTS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THIS TIME NEXT WEEK.

ALL IN ALL, PRETTY QUIET.

QUIET IS NOT THE CASE WITH TORNADOES IN THE U.S. THUS FAR IN 2008. CAN YOU BELIEVE 204 TORNADOES (136 IN JANUARY AND 68 SO FAR IN FEBRUARY) HAVE BEEN REPORTED?

THE AVERAGE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR JANUARY HAS BEEN 34 AND FOR FEBRUARY 25. MANY FOLKS CONTINUE TO PICK UP THE PIECES THROUGH THE SOUTH, THANKS TO TUESDAY'S STORMS.