A chilly air mass will flood the Mid-Atlantic region today on the heels of a frontal passage and it can lead to the coldest night of the season so far. Temperatures today will be limited to the low-to-mid 50’s for afternoon highs and then they’ll likely drop to near 30 degrees in the late night hours. In addition to the chill, winds will become quite a factor today with gusts up to 35 mph or so out of the northwest. Temperatures late tomorrow night are likely to fall to the lower 30’s and then clouds will dominate the skies on Thursday as the next front approaches and it can be accompanied by some more rain shower activity.
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Forty-nine years have passed since a major storm over the Great Lakes helped to sink the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior taking the lives of all 29 crew members on November 10th, 1975. When launched on June 7, 1958, it was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes, and to this day she remains the largest to have sunk there. The Edmund Fitzgerald was in the worst possible location during the worst weather of the ferocious storm. The wind and waves from the west hit the freighter broadside as it tried to flee south to safety in Whitefish Bay. The Edmund Fitzgerald was loaded with about 26,000 tons of taconite pellets on November 9th, 1975, at Superior, Wisconsin and was bound for Detroit, Michigan when the storm hit.
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A cold front will cross the region today and then a secondary cold front pushes through early Tuesday with high pressure to follow for the mid-week. Temperatures will climb into the mid-to-upper 60’s later today, but will be confined to the lower 50’s for highs on Tuesday and likely near 50 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures late tomorrow night/early Wednesday can drop the lowest levels so far this season with overnight lows near the 30-degree mark in many spots. Another frontal system arrives on Thursday and it can bring more showers to the region.
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Clearing skies today following the passage of a frontal system and temperatures should be able to climb well into the low-to-mid 70’s for afternoon highs. Generally dry and cool conditions will prevail for the next few days with high pressure in control.
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A cold front will cross the region today and then a secondary cold front pushes through early Tuesday with high pressure to follow for the mid-week. Temperatures will climb into the lower 70’s later today, but will be confined to the upper 50’s for highs on Tuesday and likely the low-to-mid 50’s on Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures late tomorrow night/early Wednesday can drop the lowest levels so far this season with overnight lows near the 30-degree mark in many spots. Another frontal system arrives on Thursday and it can bring more showers to the region.
One final note, the record consecutive day dry streak at Reagan National Airport (DCA) ended yesterday at 38 days…besting the previous record of 34 days set in 2007.
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A cold front will cross the region today and then a secondary cold front pushes through early Tuesday with high pressure to follow for the mid-week. Temperatures will climb into the middle and upper 60’s later today, but will be confined to the low-to-mid 50’s for highs on Tuesday and perhaps limited to 50 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures late tomorrow night/early Wednesday can drop the lowest levels so far this season with overnight lows near or even slightly below the 30-degree mark. Another frontal system arrives on Thursday and it can bring more showers to the region.
One final note, the record consecutive day dry streak at Philly Intl Airport (PHL) ended yesterday at 42 days…besting the previous record of 29 days set way back in 1874.
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After a very wintry week and weekend, the upcoming week will feature much quieter weather across Colorado with dry, cool conditions to prevail. Temperatures today should climb to the low-to-mid 50’s and then likely into the low-to-mid 50’s on Tuesday and Wednesday as well. With high pressure in control, each of the next few days should feature plenty of sunshine to go along with the dry, cool conditions.
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The first widespread rain event in many weeks is coming to the Mid-Atlantic region from later Sunday into early Monday. Strong low pressure will push up to the northwest of here during the latter part of the weekend and it may even be able to draw some tropical moisture into the region from Hurricane Rafael. The likely rainfall amounts here should be in the 0.25 to 0.50 inch range between later Sunday and early Monday. The weather pattern returns to dry and comfortably cool again during the first half of next week, but more rain is possible by Wednesday night or Thursday.
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Wintry weather will continue here today and tonight with snow at times and significant accumulations are likely by early tomorrow. As an upper-level low pushes overhead, snow will continue off and on through the night, heavy at times, and accumulations may be in the 8-15 inch range by early Saturday.
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The first widespread rain event in many weeks is coming to the Mid-Atlantic region from later Sunday into early Monday. Strong low pressure will push up to the northwest of here during the latter part of the weekend and it may even be able to draw some tropical moisture into the region from Hurricane Rafael. The likely rainfall amounts here should be in the 0.25 to 0.50 inch range between later Sunday and early Monday. The weather pattern returns to dry and comfortably cool again during the first half of next week, but more rain is possible by Wednesday night or Thursday.
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