Monday, August 29, 2011

     Latest weak weather disturbance slides east & brings scattered clouds & an isolated shower across the Ohio Valley & Mid Atlantic states today & tonight. Otherwise, a few peaks of sunshine will puts temps into the mid 70s, making for just about perfect weather today. We'll get a fall teaser again tonight as a northerly air flow brings cool dry air into the mountains overnight. Lows tonight will fall into the upper 40s/50. Sunny Tuesday with highs in the low 80s. Warmer air lifts north for Wednesday. We may see a few fragmented showers Wednesday night/Thursday. But this week's forecast will stay mostly sunny & dry with highs in the low/mid 80s & cooler nights. Cold front will bring better chance of rain this weekend.

     For the rest of today. Surface high pressure brings sunshine & dry forecast to much of the eastern US in the wake of Irene. A weak disturbance will cross the Ohio Valley today bringing a sun/cloud mix and small chance for an isolated mountain shower this afternoon into tonight. A northerly upper air flow will bring patchy dense fog & temperatures to near 50 tonight with upper 40s in the higher elevations.

     Surface high pressure means Tuesday will be sunny with highs near 80.

     Wednesday will start dry as high pressure gradually slides east. A weak front out of the west will bring more clouds, slight chance of thunder & warmer temperatures to our area Wednesday. Threat for isolated thunder will carry into Thursday. Another frontal boundary will move east timed for this weekend. This will bring a more active weather pattern through the end of the week. At the moment, forcing and dynamics look unimpressive. But we may need rain gear for kickoff Sunday @ 3.

     A look at the extended hints at another tropical system effecting the eastern seaboard towards the middle of next week! Current weather maps initialize this as tropical depression #12. Will report on TD 12 and this weekend's football weather more this week!