'Permanent' warm up FINALLY appears to be on the way

Several times this spring, going all the way back to March, some very warm air has made its way into our state. Each time, however, this warm air has given way to freezing temperatures, culminating in a cold front which produced some severe weather in the Thumb last week (including what appears to be either a weak tornado or gustnado which was responsible for some fairly significant EF1-like damage in the Kinde area) and (f&%!ing) SNOW over the weekend.

That trend seems to finally be over for the year. Long-range models are finally starting to indicate that after a gradual warm up this week, temperatures should remain at or above 50 degrees for the foreseeable future. Daytime highs should hit 60s by Thursday, followed by a long stretch of 70s as a very pleasant ridge of high pressure is going to dominate our forecast for the next week at least. The best news is that the long range climate models continue to predict higher-than-normal (and in some cases MUCH higher-than-normal) temperatures for the next several weeks. 

What a spring. I'll be happy when June 1st arrives and I can call it meteorological summer, and SHOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO BE THINKING ABOUT FROZEN PRECIP, DAMNIT.

You hear me Mother Nature!?