Low pressure from Lee still retrograding west into the Mississippi & Missouri River Valleys Friday & Saturday. Record-breaking flooding is still ongoing in PA, NY and parts of the northeast. Fragmented showers & storms are possible for our area this afternoon. Any storms that do fire will lose their steam after dark leaving generally calm conditions overnight. We'll keep generally cloudy skies with a few peaks of sunshine this weekend. Disorganized showers & isolated storms are expected, especially for our northern mountains this weekend. Weekend temps will peak in the upper 70s/low 80s. Overnight lows will fall into the upper 50s with low 50s in the higher elevations. I think if we all do a rain dance then maybe that low pressure center will get caught in the westerlies & exit to the east sometime Monday. We'll squeeze out a few dry days with more sunshine for the first half of next week. Then a well defined cold front will dip south from Canada to bring rain & thunder along with significantly cooler temps for Wednesday night/Thursday.
For tonight...our old friend Lee is still dancing around the Midwest & Mid-Atlantic states, providing abundant cloud cover along with scattered rain showers & isolated thunderstorms this evening. Main threat for thunder will be focused on our northern mountains with any storms dying off after dark. Broken cloud cover is expected after midnight. I'm betting on calm winds and moist soils combining again to make for pretty dense fog in places for game day Saturday morning. So allow for extra time getting to Mylan Puskar Stadium Saturday morning.
Our game day forecast looks similar to today's. We'll see a sun/cloud mix for much of the day. Increasing clouds and afternoon showers & an isolated thunderstorm are expected as the day progresses. Highs will be in the upper 70s with temps leaning closer to 80 in the eastern panhandle.
Low pressure from Lee WILL eventually open up aloft, cross back over our mountains and exit to the east later this weekend. This will keep the threat for scattered rain showers into Sunday, especially Sunday afternoon & evening. Low temperatures this weekend will dip into the upper 50s with low 50s likely in the mountains. Daytime highs will stay on the warm side over the weekend. Expect upper 70s & low 80s in the east.
For next week...clearing skies, a dry forecast & more sunshine is expected Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures will be a few ticks higher than previous days with more sunshine on the forecast. But cooler & more rainy weather is on tap for Wednesday night/Thursday. click this link to see just how far that arctic front dips south into continental US! http://weather.unisys.com/gfsx/gfsx.php?inv=0&plot=850®ion=us&t=l If this doesn't put you in the mood for football by next weekend, nothin' will!
For tonight...our old friend Lee is still dancing around the Midwest & Mid-Atlantic states, providing abundant cloud cover along with scattered rain showers & isolated thunderstorms this evening. Main threat for thunder will be focused on our northern mountains with any storms dying off after dark. Broken cloud cover is expected after midnight. I'm betting on calm winds and moist soils combining again to make for pretty dense fog in places for game day Saturday morning. So allow for extra time getting to Mylan Puskar Stadium Saturday morning.
Our game day forecast looks similar to today's. We'll see a sun/cloud mix for much of the day. Increasing clouds and afternoon showers & an isolated thunderstorm are expected as the day progresses. Highs will be in the upper 70s with temps leaning closer to 80 in the eastern panhandle.
Low pressure from Lee WILL eventually open up aloft, cross back over our mountains and exit to the east later this weekend. This will keep the threat for scattered rain showers into Sunday, especially Sunday afternoon & evening. Low temperatures this weekend will dip into the upper 50s with low 50s likely in the mountains. Daytime highs will stay on the warm side over the weekend. Expect upper 70s & low 80s in the east.
For next week...clearing skies, a dry forecast & more sunshine is expected Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures will be a few ticks higher than previous days with more sunshine on the forecast. But cooler & more rainy weather is on tap for Wednesday night/Thursday. click this link to see just how far that arctic front dips south into continental US! http://weather.unisys.com/gfsx/gfsx.php?inv=0&plot=850®ion=us&t=l If this doesn't put you in the mood for football by next weekend, nothin' will!
