Another Day of Sunshine Low Humidity Heat & Humidity Return Thursday & Friday
The core of this magnificent dry air mass is virtually overhead today. We woke up to lows in the low to middle 60s in warmer urban areas and lots of 50s inland. Dew points remain very low today in the 50s and in some cases barely at 50. We have lots of sunshine covering much of the Northeast and Northern Mid Atlantic states. Temperatures this afternoon will top in the low to middle 80s. Cooler 70s will prevail along the shore as a light southeast wind develops. Nothing more than some passing clouds forecast for tonight with most lows in the 60s except for 50s in some inland locations. Radars are nice and quiet today and are forecast to remain so pretty much through the rest of the week.
SATELLITE WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES
WEATHER RADAR
The dry air mass holds on through the first part of Wednesday but a south wind will start to bring humidity levels up a bit, though it will not be what I would consider to be uncomfortable. Wednesday looks to be partly to mostly sunny with high temperatures reaching the middle to a few upper 80s. Shore locations will see temperatures a bit cooler thanks to the south wind.
Thursday we will have south to southwest winds. Dew points will be rising into the middle 60s. Temperatures will also be on the rise and highs to the upper 80s and lower 90s and you will notice the humidity increase. Once again there are no showers or thunderstorms forecast for Thursday as the atmosphere remains relatively stable.
Friday is the hot day of the week. Actually it will be a very hot day with west to southwest winds. A building ridge of high pressure aloft will nose into the Mid Atlantic though it will not be hanging around for too long. We will see sunshine taking temperatures up to the middle and upper 90s. Even shore locations will have a tough time getting the sea breeze to come inland.
While we do have a weather front that will be lying across Western New York and Western Pennsylvania, thunderstorms Friday should stay mainly to the west and northwest of the Interstate 81 corridor in Pennsylvania and New York. The risk for storms will increase over the weekend as this weather front heads south and stalls over New Jersey and Pennsylvania. We are likely to still be hot Saturday with highs in the low to mid 90s but we should see temperatures ease back into the 80s Sunday.
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