The “boys of summer” are back in town...big-league baseball gets underway on Thursday with home openers in New York City (Yankees vs. Brewers) and Washington, D.C. (Nationals vs Phillies) where there should be loads of sunshine and dry, cool conditions. High pressure will be in control of the weather in the Mid-Atlantic region on Thursday resulting in the dry, cool conditions with highs likely in the lower 50’s across New York City and the upper 50’s in the D.C. metro. After a warm frontal passage on Friday night, a major-league warmup is coming on Saturday with 80 degrees on the table in at least parts of the Mid-Atlantic region.
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A cold frontal system will push through the region this morning and there will be plenty of clouds associated with it and an isolated shower or two across some of the northern suburbs. It’ll be on the breezy and cool side today with temperatures slightly below-normal for this time of year. The weather looks quite nice on Thursday for the Nationals home opener against the Phillies featuring plenty of sunshine and highs near the 60-degree mark. A warm front passes through the area on Friday night and it can result in some shower activity around here. Then a major league warm-up is likely this weekend with temperatures potentially soaring to the 80-degree mark on Saturday and well up into the 70’s on Sunday.
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High pressure takes control of the weather today on the back side of a departing cold frontal system and it should result in some sunshine and a breezy, milder afternoon. A weak disturbance slides to our south early tomorrow and then high pressure returns for later tomorrow and Thursday. It’ll be on the cool side on both Wednesday and Thursday and then warmer weather returns for the end of the week and upcoming weekend; however, it’ll become more unsettled as well with an increasing chance of showers. One final note…there should be plenty of sunshine on Thursday for the Nationals home opener against the Phillies and it’ll be a tad cooler-than-normal with afternoon highs in the upper 50’s.
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The week starts off unsettled as a cold frontal system slowly works its way through the area and it can produce occasional showers into the early afternoon hours. High pressure will take control on Tuesday, but only for a brief time as another system can produce some shower activity around here on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. The weather returns to generally dry and cool conditions for later Wednesday and Thursday as another high pressure system builds into the region…cool weather for the Nationals home opener.
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Winds will be quite strong today from a northwesterly direction and can gust to 40 mph or so on the back side of a cold frontal system. High pressure takes control providing us with some sunshine to go along with the windy and chilly conditions as we close out the work week. A weak cold front can produce a shower or two on Saturday and it’ll turn somewhat cooler and breezy on Sunday ahead of the next cold front which can produce showers around here on Sunday night and Monday.
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An on-going stratospheric warming event that began in late February increases the chance for additional cold air outbreaks as we wind down the month of March from the Great Lakes/Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US. In fact, the typical lag time between a stratospheric warming event over the polar region and its impact on US temperature patterns suggests there may very well be cold air outbreaks to deal with in this part of the country at least until the middle of April. As it turns out, big-league baseball gets underway in earnest in one week’s time on Thursday, March 27th, and the early part of the season may feature plenty of cold weather games thanks in large part to the on-going big-league stratospheric warming event. In addition, the influx of colder-than-normal air masses in coming weeks keeps hope alive across the northern states for those wishing for more snow...yes, even though spring season is now officially underway.
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A strong cold front will head this way today from the Ohio Valley and it’ll help to spawn the formation of low pressure near the Mid-Atlantic coastline by later tonight. The combination of the low pressure system and cold front will bring rain to the region from later today into early tonight and winds will kick up as well. In fact, those winds can gust to 40 mph or so by late tonight and through the day on Friday which will be a cooler day compared to today. A weak front can bring some clouds to the area on Saturday and perhaps a shower or two, and then it turns cooler on its heels to close out the upcoming weekend. Another cold frontal system can bring more rain to the area by the early part of next week.
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High pressure will control the weather in the Mid-Atlantic region for another day providing us with plenty of sunshine and a very mild afternoon. A strong cold front pushes into the area on Thursday and low pressure will form along the Mid-Atlantic coastline. As a result, a decent rainfall is likely here from later tomorrow into tomorrow night with 0.5” to 1.0” on the table. Colder air will follow the frontal passage to close out the work week with very windy conditions featuring gusts to 50 mph or so.
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High pressure has taken control of the weather in the Mid-Atlantic region and it’ll provide us with pretty decent weather through tomorrow featuring plenty of sunshine each day and mild afternoons. A strong cold front arrives on Thursday and low pressure will form along the coastline resulting in a decent rainfall around here during the afternoon and evening hours. Colder air will follow the frontal passage to close out the work week with windy conditions expected as well on Friday.
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There will be clouds and maybe a lingering shower or two early today as a cold front works its way through the area and then high pressure takes control later in the day with the return of partial sunshine. In fact, the next couple of days will be quite nice around here with mild conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday and plenty of sunshine each day. A strong cold front approaches on Thursday and it will bring additional showers to the area with colder air to follow for the end of the week.
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