Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Its Gon' Feel Like Fall

The weather system that caused the rain and cloud cover the past two days is finally clearing out and much drier air is on its way in. Thursday morning we should be seeing temperatures in the lower and middle 50s. Be careful if your driving early as there could be some dense patches of fog. During the day, sun will be the rule with highs barely reaching 80. The air will have a cool feel to it due to the lowering of the dewpoints.

For Friday, morning lows should again be in the lower to middle 50s. A backdoor cold front ( cold front from the north) will have passed through the state early friday morning. This should help to keep temperatures on Friday only in the lower 70s. Also, due to a persistant northeast flow off the Atlantic, partly sunny skies are possible helping to possibly keep the temperatures even lower.

For the weekend, expect much of the same. Lows in the lower to middle 50s each morning and highs in the middle 70s. There will be a developing low pressure area off the coast that could add some moisture on Sunday but right now precipitation should not occur. Any additional cloud cover could keep temperatures lower during the day. I also do not want to forget to mention that there is some indication that there will be light flow from the SW in the middle levels of the atmosphere which could also add moisture for cloud development.

Outlook for next week: Continued seasonable with temperatures near normal...or in the upper 70s to around 80 with lows in the middle to upper 50s. The pattern we are seeing now seems to persist well into next week with a reinforcing high to our north that will keep a cool, dry flow into our region! It appears like fall has arrived!!

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