Friday, July 9, 2010

Slip N Slide

Surviving two weeks without rain and a week of record high temperatures has been exhausting! It’s been grueling but we’ve had to resort to various watersports to stay cool. Today we find out if all this waiting around has been worth it. A low pressure cold front will cool things down into the upper 80s today. Thunderstorms will deliver some sorely needed rain to the area today and tonight.

After another foggy/hazy morning, expect increasing clouds and scattered rain showers and thunderstorms through most of today. Some locally heavy downpours are expected. Although it’s difficult to pinpoint when and where the strongest cells will develop, much of the heaviest rainfall will be realized west of I 79. Still, we can expect enough rainfall to create some ponding on roadways. Flash flooding is of little concern. I would watch for slick roadways which is common during summer months when oil builds up from a lack of rain but is washed away during a heavy rain.

We’ll see winds pick up today and tonight as the front passes. Otherwise we can expect the rain to make conditions more comfortable today and tomorrow. Look for temps in the mid 80s today and low to mid 60s overnight. A few leftover rain showers will linger on Saturday morning. High pressure will quickly send much of the moisture off the Atlantic coast leaving a sun/cloud mixand temps in the mid 80s for the remainder of the weekend.

We’ll start the workweek sunny and dry, but more wet weather is on tap for Tuesday and for much of next week.