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Good morning, Washington. After a week of cold temperatures and Monday’s snow storm, today’s sunny with a high of 46 feels practically spring-like. But we’re even more excited about removing that “practically” and moving into “actual” spring-like this weekend. We’re talking 69 degrees on Saturday, and up to 72 on Sunday. Start making your outdoor plans now.

National Mall Plan Seeks to Replace Reflecting Pool, Sylvan Theater: The Post takes a look at the National Park Service’s “preliminary preferred alternative” plan for remaking the National Mall, and the changes appear to be relatively major: replacing the reflecting pool with some other kind of water feature, and building a new multipurpose entertainment facility on the site of the current Sylvan Theater chief among them. Two public meetings on the plan have been scheduled: Wednesday, March 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 14 from noon to 2 p.m., both held at the Old Post Office building, room 107. Read more about the plan here.

Metro Board Meeting Today to Discuss Service Cuts, Retail: Metro’s board is set to meet this morning at 11 a.m., and topping its agenda will be the looming $30 million budget gap that the agency is facing come July. The Post’s Get There blog notes that the board is expected to decide today whether to send a plan for service cuts out for public hearings. And the Examiner’s Kytja Weir writes about the board’s hand wringing over whether to recommend that food sales ought to be included in a proposal to finally open up Metro platforms and stations to retail vendors.

Briefly Noted: Concrete falls from Glebe Road overpass … Takoma Park Branch Library will reopen next week … MRSA confirmed at Yorktown High … Md. governor prepares to move forward to allow resumption of death penalty … More than 20% in D.C. region owe more than homes are worth.

This Day in DCist: One year ago today, Target opened in Columbia Heights, and two years ago, we took a look at all the changes planned for the Georgetown Waterfront.