Windy & warmer ahead of a dry cold front that will take our temperatures down 20 degrees

Patchy blowing dust and breezy this afternoon and evening.  Ag areas and plowing stirring up the particles in the air and with more wind into Wednesday and Thursday, visibility may be a problem along northern interstate sections and US 20.   Possible record temperatures for the afternoon today and again tomorrow.   Our usual highs this time of year should be around 51, and we are around 70 today and lower 70s tomorrow. Overnight remains milder with lows in the 40's.  

Tomorrow the national weather service has issued a wind advisory for the Arco/Mud Lake dessert and areas of the Upper Snake RIver Plain.  You can expect winds from 25-35 mph and possible gusts to 50+mph.  This possibility begins at 9am and will last into the evening hours until 9pm. 

No burning during the higher winds is the best advice and protect your face with dust blowing around, so sunglasses help...and it will also be brighter tomorrow.  

A stout cold front will shut this warmer weather down into Thursday and Thursday night and Friday.  Highs will drop into the 50s and overnights Thursday night will be in the 20s and 30s, and then we jump back into a warming trend.   Friday we're back into the 60s and should see 70s into the weekend.  Any chances of showers are limited to the mountains north of us and possibly to the east, but no more than 20%, and March should end on a dry note. I am tracking some chilly moisture into the beginning of April, rain/snow isn't out of the question, but watching closely, as warmer air continues to stick around.  The wind will be the big story for us the next few days, ahead of the cold front.  Again expect freezing temperatures to start Friday .

Jeff Roper, First Alert Weather