It's the first day of spring, so put away those sleds and pull out your bicycles.
But wear a jacket, please.
While spring blizzards usually can be expected in the Red River Valley, temperatures may warm up in the next week, and with no blizzards in sight - yet.
Today should be mostly cloudy with a high around 43 degrees and a chance of rain after 7 a.m., according to the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks. There should be a break from the real windy conditions of the past few days, with winds only forecast about 12 mph. Tonight brings a slight chance of rain or snow between 1 and 4 a.m., with the possibility of an accumulation of half an inch.
If it's snow, it probably will melt quickly because Thursday's forecast calls for a high of 41. That should be the trend throughout most of the week until the weekend, when highs may hit the 50s, staying there until Tuesday, according to the weather service.
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With the vernal equinox, days also will be longer than nights.
Flood outlook
Tuesday, the weather service also issued another flood outlook, which features some changes in moderate flooding probability to a few locations.
Grand Forks still has less than a 10 percent chance of moderate flooding, but some other areas have changed. Here is a list of the changes on moderate flooding:
-- Fargo: down to 18.5 percent.
-- Oslo, Minn.: down to 26 percent.
-- Drayton, N.D.: down to less than 10 percent.
-- Hallock, Minn.: down to 19 percent.
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-- Grafton, N.D.: down to less than 10 percent.
-- Neche, N.D.: down to 12 percent.
According to the weather service, moderate flooding is described as inundation of secondary roads and possible transfer to higher elevation to save property. Some evacuation may be required.
