Temperatures should peak near the 80-degree mark for the next couple of days and then likely climb well up into the 80’s on Sunday. A cold front will cross the region by early next week and its passage will usher in the coolest air mass so far this season for much of the eastern half of the nation.
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Temperatures will stay on the cool side today to end the work week, but then climb back into the middle 70’s on Saturday for afternoon highs with plenty of sunshine on both days. There can be a late day or evening shower on Sunday associated with a cold frontal passage that will usher in the chilliest air mass of the season so far for the first half of next week. In fact, there can be some snow early next week across portions of the interior, higher elevation Northeast US and the Great Lakes.
On another note, there was an explosion of auroras last night across the nation associated with the latest coronal mass ejection that was launched from the sun on Wednesday. Not only were the northern lights seen across the northern states last night, but observations came in from as far south as Alabama, Texas and Mississippi.
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Temperatures will stay on the cool side today to end the work week, but then climb back into the middle 70’s on Saturday for afternoon highs with plenty of sunshine on both days. There can be a late day or evening shower on Sunday associated with a cold frontal passage that will usher in the chilliest air mass of the season so far for the first half of next week. In fact, there can be some snow early next week across portions of the interior, higher elevations Northeast US and the Great Lakes.
On another note, there was an explosion of auroras last night across the nation associated with the latest coronal mass ejection that was launched from the sun on Wednesday. Not only were the northern lights seen across the northern states last night, but observations came in from as far south as Alabama, Texas and Mississippi.
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Temperatures will stay on the cool side today to end the work week, but then climb back into the lower 70’s on Saturday for afternoon highs with plenty of sunshine on both days. There can be a late day or evening shower on Sunday associated with a cold frontal passage that will usher in the chilliest air mass of the season so far for the first half of next week. In fact, there can be some snow early next week across portions of the interior, higher elevations Northeast US and the Great Lakes.
On another note, there was an explosion of auroras last night across the nation associated with the latest coronal mass ejection that was launched from the sun on Wednesday. Not only were the northern lights seen across the northern states last night, but observations came in from as far south as Alabama, Texas and Mississippi.
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Here we go again…in what has been quite an active phase of solar cycle 25, yet another coronal mass ejection (CME) may result in northern lights to be visible as far south as the mid-latitudes both tonight and again tomorrow night. A sunspot region officially known as AR3848 was the origin of this latest coronal mass ejection that took place early on Wednesday. A severe G4-class geomagnetic storm is already underway in that protons are “raining down on Earth” according to spaceweather.com as the energetic particles are being accelerated toward the Earth by the incoming CME. In addition, solar winds have jumped to 750 kilometers per second and a crack is opening in the Earth’s magnetic field. The best viewing time period is probably between about 8pm and 2am (assuming skies are clear throughout those hours) and in the darkest area available to you with a good view of the north.
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High pressure stays in control through the end of the week and temperatures late tonight will drop to the lowest levels of the season so far in the Mid-Atlantic region. Overnight low temperatures near 40 degrees are likely in some suburban locations and there can be some patchy frost for the first time in outlying areas. It turns warmer for the first half of the weekend and continued dry and then another cold frontal passage will usher in the coldest air mass so far this season for the first half of next week. One final note, Hurricane Milton came ashore last evening as a category 3 storm near the Siesta Key/Sarasota region of Florida’s Gulf coast and is now exiting off the east coast.
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High pressure stays in control through the end of the week and temperatures late tonight will drop to the lowest levels of the season so far in the Mid-Atlantic region. Overnight low temperatures in the mid-to-upper 30’s are likely in many suburban locations and there can be some patchy frost for the first time. It turns warmer for the first half of the weekend and continued dry and then another cold frontal passage will usher in the coldest air mass so far this season for the first half of next week. One final note, Hurricane Milton came ashore last evening as a category 3 storm near the Siesta Key/Sarasota region of Florida’s Gulf coast and is now exiting off the east coast.
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High pressure stays in control through the end of the week and temperatures late tonight will drop to the lowest levels of the season so far in the Mid-Atlantic region. Overnight low temperatures in the lower 40’s are likely in some suburban locations and there can be some patchy frost for the first time in outlying areas. It turns warmer for the first half of the weekend and continued dry and then another cold frontal passage will usher in the coldest air mass so far this season for the first half of next week. One final note, Hurricane Milton came ashore last evening as a category 3 storm near the Siesta Key/Sarasota region of Florida’s Gulf coast and is now exiting off the east coast.
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Hurricane Milton is a high-end category 4 storm system as of mid-morning as it closes in on the west-central Gulf coast of Florida. Some weakening is quite likely today as Hurricane Milton encounters increased vertical wind shear over the eastern Gulf of Mexico and some dry air intrusion on its western side. However, Hurricane Milton should make landfall later tonight somewhere near Tampa Bay as a “major” hurricane with a significant storm surge expected as high as 10-15 feet in some areas. After landfall, Milton will cross the state as a hurricane and then emerge later tomorrow out over the open waters of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.
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The remainder of the week will feature dry and comfortable conditions around here following the passage of a couple of weak frontal systems. Hurricane Milton continues to move along over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico as a “major” and it is headed to the Tampa Bay region of Florida’s western (Gulf) coast for landfall later this evening.
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