Mother's Day Weekend Weather Forecast: Where To Make Plans Outdoors Or Move Them Inside

Looking Ahead To Mother’s Day Weekend

Warm hugs won't be the only warmth many moms feel this Mother's Day weekend since the forecast is shaping up to be cooperative for many families to spend time outdoors in spring temperatures, but there are a few trouble spots, especially in the Southeast.

Here's a look at what to plan for this weekend, but be sure to check back since changes are possible.

Who Could Be Wet Vs. Dry

-East: Parts Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and northern and central Florida have the greatest chance of at least scattered showers and storms from a stuck low-pressure system. So if a trip to the beach or a park was planned, you might need to bring an umbrella or even consider having a Plan B indoor option.

Elsewhere, a departing storm could make for wet conditions on Saturday in eastern New York and northern New England as the weekend begins, but current indications are that Sunday should be dry.

-Central: From most of Texas and Oklahoma to the Dakotas to the Midwest and Great Lakes, there are no raindrops to worry about this weekend as high pressure is in control.

Feeling Like Spring For Many

-Break Out Shorts And T-Shirts: Highs in the 80s and even some 90s will be commonplace this weekend in the Plains and Midwest. That includes Denver and Kansas City.

-Summerlike Heat Might Keep Some Indoors: That's the case in the Desert Southwest, with Phoenix seeing triple-digit highs and Las Vegas well into the 90s. Highs in the 90s are also expected on Mother's Day in the Northern Plains and upper Midwest, 20 to 30 degrees above average, so you might want to avoid the outdoors in the afternoon.

-Nation's Corners Have Changing Temperatures: The Northeast Interstate 95 corridor will see a warming trend through the weekend. Boston will rise to near 70 on Sunday after a cooler Saturday. The Pacific Northwest will do the opposite, flipping from a warmer Saturday in Portland to cooler on Sunday.

-Jacket Weather? While it won't be cold by any means, expect early morning lows in the 40s in the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, interior Northeast, even parts of the central and Southern Plains as far south as Oklahoma City. In parts of the soggy Southeast, daytime highs may struggle to rise out of the 60s.

Chris Dolce has been a senior digital meteorologist with weather.com for nearly 15 years after beginning his career with The Weather Channel in the early 2000s.