We can't complain. I could be snowing. Or cold enough to snow. It's still early March, after all. Instead, we're looking at a weekend in the 60s, maybe even the 70s on Friday and Sunday, with plenty of sunshine on Saturday. It's going to be 15 or 20 degrees warmer than the norm for this time of year. Best of all, it's going to smell like spring.

But with that we have to accept the risk of some rain, mostly late Saturday into Sunday. Your best bet for outdoor activity will be Friday evening and Saturday. Here's the latest forecast.

The problem is a succession of warm and cold fronts - a warm front moving up from the south today, bringing temperatures into the 60s, adding 10 degrees or more to yesterday's highs; followed by a cold front from the west tonight, boosting rain chances tonight and tomorrow; followed by enough clearing Friday afternoon to allow sunshine to boost temperatures into the 70s. After a starry, but breezy night Friday into Saturday, a warm front pushes back in, with increased rain chances again late Saturday into Sunday. That will make Sunday warm - upper 60s - but with a 30 percent chance of rain.

That gets us into next week. Look for continued mild weather until mid-week when another cold front is likely to move through, cooling things off again, maybe with some thunder.

This is the battle of the seasons. Lingering cold air masses to our north and west, struggling against warming air and lots of moisture to our south and west. In a word, it's springtime. And it can get very energetic. Watch for fireworks in the news - violent weather where these air masses collide in the South.