WEATHER BLOG: Backdoor Cold Front

Although a backdoor cold front is still pushing southward early today, we've noticed a couple of trends overnight:

1.) Temperatures along the I-95 corridor, especially between New York and Washington, D.C. aren't in a big hurry to drop

2.) Rain has been fairly spotty, and also rather light...

Also, one of the assumptions that was made early yesterday is that bulk of the rain would be over with in the Northeast and in the mid-Atlantic states before dawn.

However, based on recent radar trends, we'll probably have to allow for a bit of rain or some drizzle early this morning -- especially in many coastal communities before around 9 a.m.

The extreme warmth we've experienced the past couple of days will be coming to an end today.

But, as we've been pointing out lately -- our weather pattern isn't going to be 'much colder' any time soon.

Daytime temperatures will be mostly in the mid or upper 60s across the area the next few days, and some rain early next week should make these drop a little lower... A ridge of high pressure will usher in dry air from northwest to southeast today, and that'll manage to bring the sun out by early this afternoon in most places.

Under a mostly clear sky tonight, it will become quite chilly with temperatures dropping into the 30s in most outlying areas and the lower 40s in most of the larger cities and towns.

Tomorrow should be the nicer of the two days this weekend, because it will feature lots of sun and very little wind.

Sunday won't necessarily be 'worse', but clouds should be increasing as we await the return of rain.

A couple of showers will be scattered about the area on Sunday, and steadier rain is expected to occur Sunday night and Monday.