BLOG: Gorgeous Weekend

Although satellite imagery late last evening did show there were some high, thin clouds which drifted across the area, much of the time overnight has been clear with very light winds. Therefore, this is the "perfect recipe" for patchy fog and frost in most outlying areas. While the larger cities and parts of the coastline will be around 50 at daybreak today, a few interior locations will wind up in the upper-30s with that patchy frost.

This frost won't tarnish what will be a fabulous day of weather, with temperatures this afternoon winding up in the lower-70s on most thermometers. We do anticipate lots of sunshine, not only today, but for the next four days. Temperatures will continue their upward trend here tomorrow, and most should peak in the low-80s on Sunday and Monday, the observance of Columbus Day.

While we probably won't challenge any record high temperatures for each of these three dates, some unseasonably warm air aloft associated with a strengthening ridge of high pressure will promote this sunny, warm and dry weather pattern. The next few days are really shaping up to provide us with the "complete opposite" kind of weather that we had last weekend. It should come as no surprise that our bubble of warm air that will be developing in the upper atmosphere, the driving force behind all of this, will feature temperatures approximately 25-35 degrees higher (in Fahrenheit, at around the 5,000-foot level) than they were around a week ago.

This pattern will not "turn on a dime" early next week. Although we're going to be watching the Southeast closely for the possible future development of a wave of low pressure, which could move up the Eastern Seaboard Wednesday and Thursday, it still looks like temperatures on both Tuesday and Wednesday will be above the seasonal averages (and mostly in the 70s). 

Have a good weekend !!!!