WEATHER BLOG: Thursday
As a high pressure system starts to move across the Northeast's interior early today, there isn't much that we've thought about changing in our forecasts over the next few days... The sky overnight has been mainly clear, and the cool front which we had talked briefly about yesterday (because it really had no big impact on our weather) is settling into the Carolinas. So, the temperature today is going to be 'within a couple of degrees of 70', and in most cases - a little lower than yesterday... Nonetheless, there ought to be a good deal of sunshine and very little wind.
In our forecasts yesterday morning, we gave our high temperature forecasts for tomorrow (Friday) a bit of a bump -- and forecasting it to reach the mid and upper 70s still seems appropriate. Even though there will be a tendency for clouds to move in fairly quickly (spreading from north/west to south/east), a warm front is going to press through the mid-Atlantic region first thing in the morning before reaching New England tomorrow afternoon.
We expect it to rain for a while, especially later tomorrow afternoon and early tomorrow night, because there's going to be a cool front following swiftly on the heels of this brief push of warmer air. Most of the activity will occur between the hours of 3 and 7 or 8 p.m. in central and western Maryland and across eastern Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, in areas generally east of Interstate 95, a 'safer call' would be between the hours of 5 and 10 p.m.
The 'real good news' is that the both G.F.S. and European are still in relative agreement regarding the timing of the frontal passage, and the drier and cooler air that it will be ushering in. The confidence level is higher now that the Northeast and most places to the north of Washington, D.C. and the Delmarva Peninsula will be dry in time for Saturday... It could take a little longer for rain to clear out of southern and central Virginia, and we want to stress that rainfall in the Carolinas will average less than half an inch -- because this area has already dealt with historic flooding within the past five days.
Weekend temperatures should be in the 60s, and while Saturday may be a bit breezy -- it'll still be decent for early in October... With a new ridge of high pressure building into the area Sunday and Monday, it will turn out fairly sunny, and eventually a bit warmer, too... Most high temperatures will be in the 70s early next week... Have a good day!!
