Fall Invading Lower 48 States Fairly Quickly
Good morning everyone. I guess when you have an old school, hot summer like the type we had as kids, it would seem fitting to close it out the same way as well. Even with instances of warm to very warm weather here and there, cool to even cold conditions are invading the lower 48 states; with a much talked-about snowstorm possible in Colorado, to cooler and less humid 3-4 day blocks here in the Northeast. This was typical in the 80’s and 90’s, where the gears of fall would turn rapidly after Labor Day.
SATELLITE
There’s still plenty of warm air left though, but we have a nice one in store for us today. That mass of clouds you see over the Great Lakes region, is the leading edge of some warmer air heading in. We don’t have to worry about the storms, but some of the blow-off from the higher cloud tops could reach the area. We’ll go with partly cloudy skies today, maybe a thin veil of cirrus later, and highs a dry low 80’s.
REGIONAL RADAR
We begin to creep up temp-wise tomorrow, but keep things relatively dry under partly cloudy skies. Highs in the mid 80’s.
Wednesday looks to be the warmest day of the week and it’ll be muggy as well. Light easterlies may hold things down a bit as far as high temps, but we’ll still see widespread 85-90 degree temps under muggy conditions. We could also see a widely scattered shower as well.
LOCAL RADAR NEW YORK CITY
Muggy conditions persist Thursday and Friday, but clouds and some showers will hold temps down. This time of year as the sun gets “weaker”, any cloud cover will knock a few degrees off of the top.
Look for variable clouds, chance of a few showers Thursday, and highs in the mid 80’s. Best chance for rain will be Thursday night into Friday morning, but we could still see some clouds and showers Friday afternoon. Highs in the low 80’s and kinda muggy.
LOCAL RADAR PHILADELPHIA
We’ll hold off on the weekend for now to talk about the tropics as we have 2 depressions in the eastern Atlantic off of Africa. Both have the potential to become hurricanes, but they’re so far out and with so many systems coming through, they may get picked up and sent out to sea well before they make it to the Caribbean or Eastern Seaboard. Regardless, we will watch them both very closely, especially for Bermuda, where this type of pattern can make things dicey for them.
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