Wednesday, August 17, 2011

High pressure makes for another dry, sunny day today. Weak frontal boundary will bring chance for rain and isolated thunder late Thursday & Friday. High pressure with sunshine & warmer temperatures are on tap for Saturday & Sunday. Another wave of wet weather will bring rain chances & slightly cooler temps for the beginning of next week.


For today...Just a few high level cirrus clouds are visible on satellite imagery this afternoon. Otherwise, we have plenty of sunshine & highs in the mid/upper 80s in store for the rest of today.

Tonight...another clear, calm night will set up dense valley fog to develop overnight, into Thursday. Lows will fall to the upper 50s/low 60s.

Thursday will start dry with some sunshine & highs in the mid 80s. But a weak frontal boundary will approach from the southwest. Cloud cover will be on the increase by Thursday afternoon. Limited moisture aloft during the day Thursday will inhibit our chances for rainfall. But rainfall for our area will eventually materialize by Thursday night.

Rain and scattered thunderstorms are likely Friday morning & early afternoon as the front stalls over our area. Cloud cover will keep temperatures moderate, with highs reaching the low/mid 80s. But further weakening is expected with this system as it slowly progresses eastward. High pressure will dry things out Friday night, setting the stage for a nice weekend of weather.

High pressure with lots of sunshine will provide warmer daytime highs over the weekend. Look or highs to reach the upper 80s both Saturday and Sunday. Another better defined frontal system will cross our area Sunday night, bringing good chances for rain & cooler temps into the first part of next week.