Clouds will increase here today ahead of an approaching cold front which will bring us some beneficial rainfall from tonight into early Wednesday...perhaps a thunderstorm included in the mix. The unseasonably warm temperatures that started the week will be replaced by noticeably cooler conditions for the second half as Canadian high pressure takes control following the cold frontal passage. In fact, the first frost of the season will be possible on Thursday night in some suburban locations with overnight lows in the 30’s. Strong low pressure is likely to form over the western Atlantic Ocean later this weekend and threaten the Carolinas with some heavy rainfall and strong winds…potentially a threat northward into the Mid-Atlantic region.
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Clouds will increase here today ahead of an approaching cold front which will bring us some beneficial rainfall from tonight into early Wednesday...perhaps a thunderstorm included in the mix. The unseasonably warm temperatures that started the week will be replaced by noticeably cooler conditions for the second half as Canadian high pressure takes control following the cold frontal passage. In fact, the first frost of the season will be possible on Thursday night in some far N/W suburban locations with overnight lows in the 30’s. Strong low pressure is likely to form over the western Atlantic Ocean later this weekend and threaten the Carolinas with some heavy rainfall and strong winds…potentially a threat northward into the Mid-Atlantic region.
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Low pressure is likely to rapidly intensify this weekend over the southwestern Atlantic Ocean and it is a threat for heavy rainfall and strong winds along coastal sections of the Carolinas and potentially to the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US. Whether this system becomes a named tropical storm is too early to say; however, the effects could be the same along parts of the eastern seaboard…namely with heavy rainfall and strong winds likely in the Saturday night to Monday time period. Some of the key players involved include strong high-pressure ridging which will set up over southeastern Canada and a cold front which will slide to the southwestern Atlantic Ocean later in the week and help to act as a catalyst for the intensification of low pressure.
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Unsettled weather begins the week here in the Tennessee Valley with occasional showers today and perhaps a thunderstorm or two mixed in. The combination of a strong ridge to our east and strong trough to our west will lead to the unsettled conditions here for the next day or so, but improvement comes for the second half of the week and it’ll turn slightly cooler as well.
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A chilly day to start the work week with temperatures limited to the middle 50’s for afternoon highs and there can be some shower activity. A warming trend begins on Tuesday, and temperatures should return to quite nice levels for the second half of the week.
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The main weather event of the next few days in the Mid-Atlantic region will be a cold frontal passage that takes places from later tomorrow night into the day on Wednesday. This front should be accompanied by showers and isolated thunderstorms that’ll break the dry spell of recent days. After a warm start to the work week with above-normal temperatures, cooler-than-normal conditions are likely during the second half. Low pressure off the eastern seaboard may become the main player to watch this weekend with the possibility of some rainfall around here by the time we get to Sunday and Monday.
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The main weather event of the next few days in the Mid-Atlantic region will be a cold frontal passage that takes places from later tomorrow night into the day on Wednesday. This front should be accompanied by showers and isolated thunderstorms that’ll break the dry spell of recent days. After a warm start to the work week with above-normal temperatures, cooler-than-normal conditions are likely during the second half. Low pressure off the eastern seaboard may become the main player to watch this weekend with the possibility of some rainfall around here by the time we get to Sunday and Monday.
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The main weather event of the next few days in the Mid-Atlantic region will be a cold frontal passage that takes places from later tomorrow night into the day on Wednesday. This front should be accompanied by showers and isolated thunderstorms that’ll break the dry spell of recent days. After a warm start to the work week with above-normal temperatures, cooler-than-normal conditions are likely during the second half. Low pressure off the eastern seaboard may become the main player to watch this weekend with the possibility of some rainfall around here by the time we get to Sunday and Monday.
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It is likely that Arctic sea ice extent has reached its minimum for the year which is slightly higher than last year’s level and well above the record minimum amount observed in 2012. Temperatures in the Arctic region during the just ended summer season continued to follow a very consistent pattern of recent years, measuring nearly normal to slightly colder than normal. It is the temperatures in the summer months of June, July, and August which are critical when it comes to Arctic sea ice extent as this is the melting season up in that part of the world. Arctic sea ice extent has been running at below-normal levels since the middle 1990’s; however, it has shown resiliency for the last dozen years or so both in terms extent and in volume. One possible explanation of this persistent temperature pattern across the Arctic region featuring nearly normal to slightly below-normal levels in the summer season and warmer-than-normal conditions during the coldest nine months of the year is the increased levels of water vapor in the atmosphere.
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A cold front passed through the region last night, but will linger off the coast for awhile and create some unsettled conditions across the Mid-Atlantic for the next few days. As a result, clouds will be rather plentiful on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and a few showers cannot be ruled out on each day. Strong high pressure will build into southeastern Canada early next week and we’ll have to monitor the movement of tropical systems over the western Atlantic for potential impact along the east coast.
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