Gloom & Doom Day With Showery Rains Around Especially Areas to the South
It is a gloom and doom type of day across Eastern Pennsylvania to Southern New England. Low pressure is in Chesapeake Bay and weakening from yesterday. Also weakening but not completely disappearing are areas of rain. When we look at the radars, the rain is on the blotchy side ands spread out from Southeast New England down to Virginia with large gaps in between. That is the sort of day it is going to be where it could be cloudy one minute with a shower the next. Temperatures today will struggle with onshore winds and highs just in the upper 60s and lower 70s in most places.
We will be monitoring satellite and radars today to see how the rain develops and where it moves. Lightning strikes are showing up from time to time and a thunderstorm could be in the mix especially to the south of New York City. Rainfall amounts will be on the order of a quarter to a half inch but amounts will be lower north of NYC and Long Island and higher in South Jersey and points southward.
SATELLITE WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES
WEATHER RADAR
This low pressure system will meander to the northeast offshore and gradually weaken and so will the areas of showers tonight. While some may linger around by daybreak most if not all the shower activity will be gone and it is quite possible that some people won’t see much of anything. Weather conditions will improve Thursday with decreasing clouds and high temperatures back into the 70s.
Friday we are going to see a cold front move southward from Eastern Canada and Upstate New York but the front will be dry. Other than a wind shift you will hardly notice it go by later in the day. We will be no worse than partly sunny Friday with highs in the upper 70s to even a few lower 80s before the front passes. Then the weekend will be nice and dry. Saturday will be a cooler day with a northeast wind, sunshine, and highs just in the lower 70s on average. Sunday will be also no worse than partly sunny and a little warmer with highs in the middle to a few upper 70s. No rain is forecast until perhaps the middle part of next week.
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