A Great start to The Week, but it's the finish that we have to watch out for.

What a day! The sun is bright and the air is warm. By 11 am, Fredericksburg was already 81, while Reagan National sat in the 60s.

The Cherry Trees around the Tidal basin look great! The National Park Service Peak Bloom Forecast is for April 3rd-5th. I suggest you go tomorrow or wait until next week. I say that, because tomorrow will be another awesome day, after that, it's all downhill.

Wednesday will feature showers and thunderstorms with early highs in the 70 degree range before turning colder. Thunderstorms could be a bad thing because winds can really ruin the Cherry Tree blossoms by ripping them off the trees. By Thursday, highs will only be near 50 and highs will stay in the 40s Friday through Easter Sunday. The cold may actually prolong the blossoms so that they still may be good for a few days after Easter.

Speaking of Easter, many people will go to sunrise services, outside , where temperatures could be in the 20s. WOW!

Passover starts tonight and we're having a total of 19 people over for a SEDER. As a kid, we would go to my aunt and uncle's place in Flushing, NY. I grew up on Long Island. Passover with the Mitrani's was always a very wonderful experience with many family members, great food and plenty of fun. I hope that the lessons learned from my Aunt Eleanor and Uncle Fred can permeate our Seder tonight.