Brighter skies and dry weather

Surface Chart, Radar and Satellite

 Today’s pleasant conditions will give way to unsettled and damp conditions tomorrow and rainfall for the weekend.

Today’s pleasant conditions will give way to unsettled and damp conditions tomorrow and rainfall for the weekend.

Looking at the surface chart, we can see a frontal boundary stretching over southwest Pennsylvania extending into the Middle Atlantic. There is also a backdoor cold front over northern New York State, Vermont and New Hampshire that is dropping south. There is also a warm front to our west. This warm front is going to lift north and east into our region, where it is going to be meandering around for tomorrow into Saturday.

Today

High pressure will produce mostly clear skies.  Winds will be out of the northwest 5-15 with gusts to 25 MPH.  Our high temperatures will range from seasonable to slightly below average. That upper-level disturbance attached to that backdoor cold front is producing a lot of clouds along with rain and snow showers over Maine. The rest of the region is seeing a mix of sun and clouds, allowing for quite a bit of sunshine.

Tonight

High pressure will exit the region with increasing clouds. We will have a comfortable evening. With winds coming from the northwest at 5 to 15 mph before winds become near calm tonight.   There could be a few widely scattered showers/sprinkles tonight and through the overnight, especially over New York State.

Tomorrow through the weekend

For Friday, the warm front is going to lift into the Great Lakes, where an area of low pressure will develop. Most of the region will see dry conditions with a mix of sun and clouds, there will be a chance for isolated showers, this will be especially true for Maine where more in the way of lingering instability will allow a better chance for isolated rain and snow showers during the day. The region will be a little cooler than Thursday, but it won’t be bad for late April.  

Friday Night the frontal boundary dropping out of the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes will become semi stationary. The cold front will see low pressure develop, as everything slowly drops south and east Friday night into Saturday. With the front we can expect scattered rain showers becoming steady. The rain could be heavy at times.  We’re going to see a coastal storm develop off of the Mid-Atlantic coast. But we’re going to have a large area of high pressure sliding south out of Canada. This should force the coastal low to stay to the south and east and keep most of the impacts out to sea and keeps most of us dry. But Southern New England could be clipped by it before everything drops south and east. As the front with the low pressure dropping out of the lakes, that high pressure is likely going to keep northern New York State and northern New England mainly dry. With the high and low pressure in close proximally winds will be Gusty for Sunday and Monday.   

Starting around mid of next week the pattern is going to become more active. The region should be mostly dry during the second half of Sunday and Monday with lots of sun. But then Tuesday into Wednesday will see rain return. The overall trend late next week into the first part of May is pointing toward a more active and unsettled pattern.

Have a Great Thursday