High pressure and clear skies will give way to clouds, rain showers and thunder by tonight. Latest satellite imagery depicts very moist air mass with a few embedded thunderheads meandering across the southern Great Lakes this morning. We can make out some high level cirrus clouds ahead of the occluded frontal boundary encroaching from the west. Also associated with the front is a warmer air mass riding along an increasingly southwest air flow. This marks a gradual warming trend which will continue well into next week. This is good news for all you kids with blue lips shivering by the pool; bad news for big hairy dogs.

For the rest of today, temps will get into the upper 70s. Expect increasing afternoon & evening clouds. Southern coal fields of West Virginia may see severe weather today/tonight. Elsewhere, breezy conditions, rain showers and isolated thunder are expected tonight but widespread severe weather is not expected to fire off this far east. Lows tonight will fall to around 60. System will exit stage right by Thursday morning.

Thursday, will be mostly cloudy with a few peaks of sunshine. Highs will be in the upper 70s again. Another upper level low pressure system will ride into town late in the day. This along with a few upper level disturbances will keep a chance of occasional rain showers & thunderstorms in the forecast Thursday through Sunday. Temperatures will gradually warm into the upper 80s to start next week.