Yesterday Don Roberts asked about the Fall colors. I mentioned that our area has still been pretty green lately. Then when I drove home from work I payed attention to the trees. There were actually several areas of reds and yellows popping out. So our region is finally starting to see some changes.
However, a lot of Virginia is just now starting to change. There are some reports of nice colors over towards the Appalachians.
We’ll have some nice weather to get outdoors today. High pressure is just to our southwest.
With the high shifting a bit more to the west, our local winds will shift to out of the northwest. They will run at 10 mph. We’ll still have plenty of sunshine, but our afternoon highs will be down a couple of degrees from yesterday. They will be in the low-mid 60s. It will still be pretty nice out though.
Tomorrow we’ll still have lots of sunshine, but the wind will be out of the southwest. This will allow temps to warm up into the low 70s. So keep that in mind if the kids wear their costumes to school. Then for tomorrow evening the weather looks great for trick-or-treaters. Temps will be in the 60s with mostly clear skies.
We’ll be even warmer on Thursday. Highs will be in the mid 70s with partly cloudy skies. We’ll still be in the 70s on Friday, but temps may drop in the afternoon. A slow moving cold front will march east. We’ll have some on and off showers through the day with a few thunderstorms possible. I’m holding on to a few showers on Saturday, but a much lower chance (30%).
There may be a little moisture lingering behind the slow moving front. Highs will drop to the 60s. We’ll likely be dry from Saturday afternoon into Sunday.
Hurricane Oscar is behaving as forecast. It is now on a northerly track. It is far enough from Bermuda, that now it looks like they will only get some high waves from the storm. Oscar will move north then northeast. It is a category 2 hurricane this morning. It will become non-tropical by Thursday over the north Atlantic. It is no threat to land.
Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler
