Steady rains return Friday with storms, warmer pattern approaches!
Friday keeps scattered showers and storm chances high, as an area of low pressure follows along our stationary front. These setups occasionally can produce heavy rainfall with bouts of showers and storms moving over the same grounds. The Weather Prediction Center has placed our region in a level two slight risk for flooding with this setup expected.
The timing of the low pressure system moving through impacts our risk for storms – an earlier arrival provides less of a risk for storms, but an afternoon arrival provides the risk for a few strong storms.
The Storm Prediction Center has placed our region in a level one marginal risk for severe weather with this low pressure approaching – at this point, the low looks to arrive fairly late in our region which will shift the greatest severe weather risk farther east into Virginia but provide an isolated strong storm or two in our region during the afternoon. Scattered showers and storms will be expected though, and in more concentration than on Thursday, with highs in the mid to upper 60s.
Saturday sees a secondary cold front arrive from the north, providing more scattered showers for the region, especially early. Though we will have a soggy start to the weekend, this front will bring in nicer weather for the second half of the weekend and we will begin to see signs of this late Saturday as a drying pattern begins. High temperatures will be in the mid 60s.
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Sunday looks fantastic for any outdoor activities! We'll see plenty of sunshine with high pressure in control, along with drier air. It will be the perfect wrap to the weekend with highs in the upper 60s.
Monday continues the drier and gradual warmer trend with plenty of sunshine expected and high temperatures climbing up into the mid 70s.
Tuesday is also dry with a lot of sunshine expected and highs near 80 – an eastern U.S. high pressure system will allow the dry weather to continue and the heat to build.
Wednesday provides one more day of dry weather before the chances for rain increase as we head into Thursday. We will see high temperatures jump up into the low to mid 80s, as a real summer-like feel kicks in! Enjoy the warmth – and the warmer pattern ahead. An isolated risk for a storm is possible late in the day as our next system approaches.
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Thursday brings the unsettled weather back into the picture with a Great Lakes low pressure system. Scattered showers and storms are possible with high temperatures in the upper 70s.
Looking ahead in your extended forecast, we are shaping up to be much warmer. Though the pattern becomes a bit more unsettled once again Friday and Saturday, temperatures will remain in the 70s – and that warmth does not appear to be going away anytime soon. We will dry out by Sunday with plenty of sunshine and highs near 80.
TONIGHTFew showers early. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 50s.FRIDAYRain likely. Couple of storms. Another dreary day. Highs in the mid 60s.SATURDAYShowers likely, especially early. Late day drying. Highs in the mid 60s.SUNDAYPartly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.MONDAYMostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.TUESDAYPartly sunny. Highs near 80.WEDNESDAYPartly sunny. Highs in the low 80s.THURSDAYFew showers and storms. Highs in the upper 70s.FRIDAYShowers likely. Highs in the mid 70s.SATURDAYFew showers. Highs in the upper 70s.SUNDAYPartly sunny. Highs near 80.
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