WEATHER BLOG: Cool, Crisp, Dry Air
We're still expecting some nice weather around here over the next day or two.
High pressure early this morning is continuing to spread out across the Northeast's interior, and it is delivering some cool, crisp and dry air.
As we mentioned Monday, that northwesterly wind that occurred behind the front (which moved through the area on Sunday night) was fairly gusty during the day Monday. So, while most temperatures wound up in the upper 60s or lower 70s, it definitely felt cooler.
With less wind and a relatively clear sky early Tuesday, most temperatures will be starting off in the low 40s in several of the typically colder spots to around 50 in the larger cities and towns. With sunshine for the most part, this afternoon will be quite nice -- there will be less wind than Monday and most temperatures should wind up in the 70s.
Tuesday night, the sky will be clear to partly cloudy and many places won't be quite as chilly as they are early this morning.
Still though, we're talking about mid or upper 40s in the chilliest spots and the lower or mid 50s in most urban centers.
Wednesday should start off nice with a fair amount of sunshine, but most places will probably end the day on a cloudier note, especially along the immediate coast.
Our eventual rapidly deteriorating weather pattern for Wednesday night and Thursday can all be attributed to a wave of low pressure, which will begin to form later Wednesday near the coasts of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia.
While it once looked like the rain that will be wrapping around the developing low pressure system would occur out over the open waters of the ocean, there's now a strong case being built for it backing into the big cities, which are located near Interstate 95 on Thursday.
In fact, by 2 p.m. on Thursday, the easterly fetch of moisture could lead to rainfall totals averaging 0.50" to 1.00," especially in Delaware and along Maryland's Eastern Shore. The tricky part is that it also appears there will be a razor-sharp cut off between those places, which will be getting a thorough soaking and those, which will be getting little or no rain at all.
So, with an increasingly strong pressure gradient for late Wednesday night and early Thursday, we should be talking about the potential for wind gusts of up to 35 mph, pockets of rain that may be heavy and even minor coastal flooding during the times of high tide.
