A Nice Summer Weekend of Sunshine & Low Humidity,
Next Week Brings Hot Humid Conditions Late Week
A Nice Summer Weekend of Sunshine & Low Humidity,
Next Week Brings Hot Humid Conditions Late Week
We have arrived at another summer weekend and this one will certainly be different from the last two. No soaking rains, no thunderstorms in the forecast, just sunshine, warm temperatures that are seasonal in nature, and most importantly low humidity. Yesterday’s weather front moved offshore and kept on moving. This allowed a nice dry air mass from the Great Lakes and Canada to build in. Enjoy the change and the lower humidity because we all know it won’t last more than a few days. Highs will be in the low to middle 80s today.
This cool dry air mass makes the nighs much easier to bear as skies should be mostly clear tonight into Sunday morning. Morning lows will be in the cooler 60s and even a few 50s. in the usual cold spots. Sunday will be bright and sunny with low humidity. Highs Sunday will be mostly in the mid 80s. Temperatures will be a little cooler at the shore both days but we are at the point of the summer where ocean water temperatures are in the 70s and this limits the effect of the sea breeze.
We don’t see much happening on the satellite and radar loops today. Clouds up in Northern New England and Eastern Canada are with low pressure moving northeastward. The trailing cold front is offshore and then comes back in across the Southeast US. Thunderstorms today will be confined to the Deep South to the Gulf Coast.
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The low dew points actually make rather far to the south and is not just confined to the Northeast and Northern Mid Atlantic states. We regard dew points under 60 as truly comfortable this time of year especailly with temperatures in the 80s. Those low dew points run down the Appalachians, the Ohio and Tennessee Valley and reach down as far south as northern parts of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.
This type of weather pattern tends to become more commonplace in August but that varys from year to year and depends on the overall upper pattern These shots of dry air don’t last and the trend next week will be for warmer temperatures and increasing humidity though that warm up will come slowly. Monday we will be hanging on to some of the dry air but the humidity does edge up a bit. Look for sun and clouds Monday. We are going to throw in the chance for a scattered late day thunderstorm, mostly inland. Highs will be in the mid to upper 80s.
Tuesday will be more of the same for Eastern Pennsylvania to Southern New England with sunshine, a few clouds, humidity a touch higher, and highs reaching the mid to upper 80s. There is the chance for a scattered thunderstorm or two as a weak upper trough goes by. However no widespread thunderstorm activity is forecast for all of next week from what we are seeing at the moment.
Wednesday sees a return to heat and humidity as sunshine will take highs to the upper 80s and lower 90s across the region. There may be the chance for scattered thunderstorms as another upper trough move through in the afternoon and evening but again nothing widespread. Thursday and Friday will be hot and humid days with sunshine taking highs into the 90s in much of the Eastern US and there is the chance we could see some late thunderstorms Friday as a cold front makes its way eastward. Overall it is a relatively uneventful next 5 to 7 days with no severe weather risks or flash flood risks being indicated.
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