WEATHER BLOG: Drying Out

A strengthening west wind will cause the effect we call 'downsloping' in areas east of the mountains.

That of course, is when air blowing/descending over the mountains and towards the big cities and coastal plain dries out, and regardless of how threatening radars may look in western New York and Pennsylvania, there is typically nothing more than a few clouds and a brisk wind.

This is how we're expecting things to pan out today, and although places located near the I-95 corridor could have winds gusting to 30 mph, it will also be dry with most temperatures in the low 50s this afternoon.

As the wind diminishes tonight, the sky will be mostly clear and lows will be in the 30s in most outlying areas and near 40 in the larger cities and towns... High pressure should begin to spread out across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states tomorrow and tomorrow night, so we're expecting a decent amount of sunshine around here tomorrow and Saturday.

High temperatures are still expected to be in the low 50s, and Sunday should be just as mild, if not 2 or 3 degrees warmer... While this tranquil weather pattern is expected to last into early next week, the one area of the country that will be getting hit by a series of storms is: the Pacific Northwest.