Today we are going to have some of the chilliest afternoon temperatures that we have had in months. The last time we had high temps in the 50s was in late April. High pressure is building into the region with a cold front far to our south.
We’ll have fair skies with a few extra clouds in the afternoon, but the wind gusts will be out of the northeast at 20mph. Especially near the shore. This will keep our high temperatures in the 50s this afternoon.
If you look at the satellite/radar map above you’ll notice a weak area of low pressure along the coast. Tomorrow that low will quickly move to the northeast. At the same time a potent upper level will be streaming in from the west. Moisture will be pooling in ahead of these features. So we’ll have mostly cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow. There won’t be any rain yet by the morning. However, we’ll have some scattered rain showers moving in by the afternoon.
Between that and the clouds temps will only be able to reach to the upper 50s to near 60 degrees.
There won’t be much wind during the day. It will be light and out of the east. Rain will pick up by the evening. Scattered/light showers could impact the evening commute.
As the surface low gets closer Thursday night the rain will increase. It may even be heavy at times. The surface wind will also pick up out of the northeast.
Temps will be too cool for severe weather, but it’s possible that some isolated thunderstorms could pop overnight. The rain will continue into Friday morning. Also, the wind will be very gusty as the low slides offshore.
The rain should taper off by the late morning. Then we’ll be dry in the afternoon. High temps will probably stay in the upper 50s.
Rainfall totals look promising. We could pick up a much-needed 1-2 inches between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.
It’s possible that the amounts could be a little lower since our region has been so dry, but even amounts on the lower end would help. Either way this won’t end the drought, but it will put a big dent in it. It will definitely help in the short-term.
After the rain we should have some nice Fall weather Friday afternoon into the weekend. High temps will be in the 60s Saturday and Sunday.
In the meantime we are still watching that tropical disturbance in the Caribbean Sea.
This feature has a high chance of formation over the next couple of days. After that it will likely get into the Gulf of Mexico. It’s a bit far off, but the trend is for it to then move northeast and head towards Florida. We’ll have a little more on this in tomorrow’s weather blog.
Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler