Here's your Tampa area weather forecast for late Monday evening into Tuesday, with a preview of midweek.

  • Much cooler morning
  • Breezy winds
  • Low humidity

The front came through and we’re seeing fantastic conditions for this time of year, with much cooler air. Soak it in, as this might be our last blast of cool spring air before we start trending toward summer temperatures.

Skies will go between partly cloudy and mostly clear into early Tuesday morning. Lows will be cooler, mainly in the 50s for northern counties and low to mid 60s from the Bay south.

Tuesday will be another gorgeous day for this time of year with low humidity, a nice breeze off the gulf, and below average temperatures with highs barely reach the low 80s in the mid afternoon. Skies will go between partly cloudy and mostly sunny.

Tuesday night will be mostly clear and perfect with lows dropping into the upper 50s to mid 60s.

Wednesday will be a nice day also with highs in the low to mid 80s. There will still be an onshore breeze, which will keep us from getting too warm. Skies will be mostly sunny that day and the humidity will still be low.

NATIONAL: Heavy rain possible over the Carolinas.  Heavy rain possible over parts of the Pacific Northwest/Northern California.  Snow possible for parts of the Northern/Central Rockies and the Cascades.

Low pressure over the Southeast will slowly move northward to the North Carolina Coast by Tuesday evening.  The system will produce showers and thunderstorms over parts of the Southeast and portions of the Southern Mid-Atlantic that will move off the Southeast Coast by Tuesday morning and remain over parts of the Southern Mid-Atlantic Coast through Tuesday evening.

Meanwhile, a front extending from the Northern Plains to the Central High Plains into the Great Basin will move eastward to the Upper Great Lakes/Middle Mississippi Valley to the Southern High Plains into the Southwest by Tuesday evening. 

The storm will produce rain and snow over parts of the Northern Plains into the Upper Great Lakes that will move into parts of Upper/Middle  Mississippi Valley and Northern Plains by Monday evening.  As the system moves eastward, moisture will move northward from the Western Gulf of Mexico and pool along the boundary.

Overnight Monday, the rain and snow will change over to all rain over  parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley/Upper Great Lakes through Tuesday. In addition, showers and thunderstorm will start to develop near the front over the Middle Missouri Valley overnight Monday expanding into the Central Plains by Tuesday morning and continue to expand into the Central High Plains and parts of the Southern Rockies by Tuesday evening.

In the meantime, upper-level energy will move onshore over the Pacific Northwest and move southeastward to the Central/Southern High Plains and the Central/Southern Plains by Tuesday evening.  Some moisture will accompany the energy onshore over parts of the Northwest into Northern/Central California on Monday into Monday evening. 

Rain and highest elevation snow will develop over parts Pacific Northwest into Northern California through Tuesday morning.  Snow and lower elevation rain will develop over parts of the Northern Rockies on Monday morning that will expand into parts of the Central Rockies/Great Basin by Monday evening and continue over the area through Tuesday evening. 

CARIBBEAN:  Moderate west winds are over the Caribbean.  An upper- level trough extends southward from Western Cuba over the Western Caribbean to just N of Panama. It is producing showers and isolated thunderstorms over the islands. Expect the heaviest storms to favor the afternoon and evening hours, during the time of maximum heating.

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