Strong high pressure will be in control of the weather in the Mid-Atlantic region for the next several days and that includes the long holiday weekend. Sunshine is likely to prevail each day from today through Tuesday with high pressure nearby. Temperatures in this upcoming stretch of nice weather will start off very comfortable in the Mid-Atlantic region with the high pressure stationed primarily to our west. However, after the high pressure shifts to a position off the coast, much warmer air from the middle of the country will make an advancement to the eastern states. As a result, it’ll turn quite warm around here early next week with low-to-mid 90’s likely on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Drier air pushed into the region on Wednesday thanks in part to the remnants of Hurricane Idalia moving well to the east of here and it’ll stay comfortable today as well. In fact, while a shower or thunderstorm cannot be ruled out on Friday, the stretch of weather from today into early next week looks generally rain-free and comfortably warm for the beginning of September.
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Strong high pressure will be in control of the weather in the Mid-Atlantic region for the next several days and that includes the long holiday weekend. Sunshine is likely to prevail each day from today through next Tuesday with high pressure nearby and this same system will help to prevent the remnants of Idalia to make it any farther north today than the southeastern part of North Carolina. Temperatures in this upcoming stretch of nice weather will start off very comfortable in the Mid-Atlantic region with the high pressure stationed primarily to our west. However, after the high pressure shifts to a position off the east coast, much warmer air from the middle of the country will make an advancement to the eastern seaboard. As a result, it’ll turn very warm here early next week with 90+ degree highs likely on Monday and Tuesday.
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Strong high pressure will be in control of the weather in the Mid-Atlantic region for the next several days and that includes the long holiday weekend. Sunshine is likely to prevail each day from today through next Tuesday with high pressure nearby and this same system will help to prevent the remnants of Idalia to make it any farther north today than the southeastern part of North Carolina. Temperatures in this upcoming stretch of nice weather will start off very comfortable in the Mid-Atlantic region with the high pressure stationed primarily to our west. However, after the high pressure shifts to a position off the east coast, much warmer air from the middle of the country will make an advancement to the eastern seaboard. As a result, it’ll turn very warm here early next week with 95 degree highs possible on Monday and Tuesday.
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Strong high pressure will be in control of the weather in the Mid-Atlantic region for the next several days and that includes the long holiday weekend. Sunshine is likely to prevail each day from today through next Tuesday with high pressure nearby and this same system will help to prevent the remnants of Idalia to make it any farther north today than the southeastern part of North Carolina. Temperatures in this upcoming stretch of nice weather will start off very comfortable in the Mid-Atlantic region with the high pressure stationed primarily to our west. However, after the high pressure shifts to a position off the east coast, much warmer air from the middle of the country will make an advancement to the eastern seaboard. As a result, it’ll turn very warm here early next week with 90+ degree highs likely on Monday and Tuesday.
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When the sun goes down tonight, go outside and look to the east. The moon will be full for the second time this month meaning this will be considered a blue moon. Typically, full moons occur every 29 days, while most months in our calendar last 30 or 31 days, so the months and moon phases don’t always align. This results in a blue moon about every 2.5 years with the last one occurring in August 2021. The full moon will actually reach a peak at 9:36 p.m. ET on the evening of August 30, but will appear full through Friday morning, according to NASA.
In addition to being a blue moon, this full moon can be considered a supermoon. Definitions of a supermoon can vary, but the term generally denotes a full moon that is closer to Earth than normal and thus appears larger by about 14% than a normal full moon and also brighter in the night sky. The moon will be 222,043 miles (357,344 kilometers) away from Earth, nearly 18,000 miles (28,968 kilometers) closer than its average distance. The supermoon may have played a role with the landfalling Hurricane Idalia this morning along Florida’s Gulf coast as it enhances tides and worsens storm surge perhaps by a foot or so. Because of the supermoon’s proximity to Earth, its gravity has a stronger effect on the oceans.
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Most would agree that the timing couldn’t be any better. In what has been an overall very comfortable summer in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US, the traditional end to the season will feature strong high pressure in control leading to an extended stretch of dry weather to include the Labor Day holiday weekend. Temperatures will start off very comfortable for the first part of this period; however, they’ll climb to very warm levels by the early part of next week.
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Hurricane Idalia makes landfall this morning as a “major” along Florida’s Gulf coast and will push to the northeast over the next 24-36 hours likely reaching the Carolina coastline by early Thursday. High pressure to our northwest will build into the Northeast US in this same 24-36 hour time period halting any northward advance of Idalia past the state of North Carolina. This same high pressure system will combine with the tropical cyclone to our east to push drier air into the Tennessee Valley featuring comfortable temperatures as we wind down the month of August.
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Hurricane Idalia makes landfall this morning as a “major” along Florida’s Gulf coast and will push to the northeast over the next 24-36 hours likely reaching the Carolina coastline by early Thursday. High pressure to our west will build into the Northeast US in this same 24-36 hour time period halting any northward advance of Idalia past the state of North Carolina. This same high pressure system will stay in control of the weather here in the Mid-Atlantic region for the remainder of the week providing us with comfortable temperatures as we end the month of August.
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Hurricane Idalia makes landfall this morning as a “major” along Florida’s Gulf coast and will push to the northeast over the next 24-36 hours likely reaching the Carolina coastline by early Thursday. High pressure to our west will build into the Northeast US in this same 24-36 hour time period halting any northward advance of Idalia past the state of North Carolina. This same high pressure system will stay in control of the weather here in the Mid-Atlantic region for the remainder of the week providing us with comfortable temperatures as we end the month of August.
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