Erin Is Gone Though Coastal Issues Continue Nice Weather Through Sunday
Hurricane Erin is continuing to accelerate to the east northeast out in the open waters of the Atlantic. While it is still out there we still are dealing with rough seas and some coastal flooding issues but that should start to relax over the weekend. Dry air has filtered southward in the Eastern US and that leaves us in a good place today with plenty of sunshine, reasonable humidity and high temperatures reaching into the lower 80s except a little cooler in the 70s at the shore. If you are beach bound remember that we are still going to see high surf and rip currents and swimmers might want to avoid going into the water.
SATELLITE WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES
WEATHER RADAR
Radars are nice and quiet and should remain so through Saturday. Skies tonight will be clear with most lows in the mid to upper 50s inland and low to mid 60s coast and warmer urban locations. We should stay rain free through Sunday even though a cold front will approach. That front is likely to slow down due to another tropical system forming out to the east. That system is going to be another ocean system but slows the front down somewhat and it probably won’t pass through until Monday.
This leaves us dry through Saturday and probably through the daytime Sunday. Some scattered showers or a thunderstorm could pop up Sunday well inland but much of Eastern Pennsylvania to Southern New England will be dry. Saturday will be partly to mostly sunny with continued reasonable humidity. High temperatures again will be in the lower 80s except for 70s near the shore.
As winds turn more southerly over the weekend dew points will start to rise and by Sunday we will see dew points in the 60s so it will be more uncomfortable. Temperatures however will not rise much. We may start the day with some low clouds and then break out into some sunshine. Most highs will be in a range of 80 to 85 degrees. If there is going to be a shower or thunderstorm, the chances are higher after sundown.
This front will slowly pass through Monday and there might be a shower or storm with the frontal passage but we expect to see any showers to be widely scattered and unorganized. The front will make the leading edge of a very cool and very dry air mass that will be with us all of next week. Below average temperatures are likely beginning Tuesday and lasting not only through Friday, but possibly through the Labor Day holiday weekend. We also will be going into a relatively quiet weather period with little in the way of rain chances.
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