Parts of the region will be unsettled today, but a couple of nice days will follow.
Surface
Chart and Radar
Satellite
Today
We have a
cold front and trough working through the region.
New York
State, Pennsylvania and most of New England will be seeing ample sunshine and slightly
below average temperatures with lower humidity. But an upper-level disturbance up
in Canada may cause a few isolated showers for northern Maine this afternoon. The
showers and storms are continuing to slide south. By this evening, storms will
become abundant, some of these storms could be strong to severe. Later this
afternoon and into tomorrow morning, there will be the chance for strong winds
and isolated areas of moderate to perhaps heavy rainfall. The Storm Prediction
Center has a Marginal Risk across Virginia, southern Maryland and Delaware.
The rest
of the week
Behind the
front heading toward Friday afternoon, Southern Pennsylvania and the rest of
the Middle Atlantic will see mostly sunny skies, slightly below average
temperatures and lower humidity as high pressure sits overhead. With mostly
clear skies it will turn quite chilly for tomorrow evening and overnight. Saturday will see a cool start, but a warm
front advance into the region, allowing warmer above average temperatures and
humid air to move back in overhead, the farther south you are the higher the
dewpoints will be.
Looking at
the surface chart we can see another cold front approaching the Midwest. This
will move along a stalled front and impact our region late Saturday and Sunday,
bringing the risk for showers and thunderstorms moving west to east. I think
most of the thunderstorms will stay non severe, but a few isolated storms could
become strong to severe, with the chance for gusty winds and embedded downpours.
Next Week
For Monday
thru Wednesday will see mostly clear sides with temperatures staying below
average and humidity staying low. The
high pressure will be sliding east later Wednesday, as a trough and frontal
system approach the region.
Drought Outlook
Parts of the
region saw heavy rain, other didn’t. Parts of far northern New York, southwest
New York, Pennsylvania, northeast West Virginia, New Jersey and Delaware. The
rain led to some improvements in the drought and abnormal dryness in
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey and parts of New
York State (Tug Hill) and southern
Rhode Island.
The U.S.
Drought Monitor released earlier today showed 5% of New York and New England in
severe drought, 25% in moderate drought, and 27% as abnormally dry compared to
4%, 20%, and 30%, respectively, last week. Any of Y'all noticing impacts from dry conditions
in your area?
Have a great Thursday
