DAYS 1-5 (OCTOBER 9-13)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Discussion\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After some areas saw a frost this morning, another seasonably cool October day is in store today, but this one will come without the wind of yesterday as we are in a weaker gradient on the northeast side of a high pressure area, but that gradient will tighten up again Saturday as the high slips off to the south, remains rather strong, and is pressed by low pressure passing to the north. If you are out and about tonight, especially late, you may notice that the coolest part of the dark hours occur just prior to midnight, and that the wind picks up a little and it feels a little less cool as we approach dawn. Along with the increase in wind again Saturday will come a big temperature jump, and it will remind you a little of the summer days of not so long ago, other than our sun angle is now much lower. It’s interesting to note that if the lowest potential temperature tonight is reached, these areas could have about a 40 degree diurnal (spread from lowest to highest temperature) from Saturday’s very early morning hours to its early afternoon hours. A cold front will move from north to south across the region Saturday night and other than a slight chance of a few passing showers, it will just bring mainly clouds with it as it turns our wind to the northeast by early Sunday, which will turn out to be much cooler. While most of the clouds associated with the front will move out early Sunday, we’ll probably have filtered sunshine for a good portion of the day as the high cloud shield from what will be the remains of Hurricane Delta (currently in the Gulf of Mexico) spreads across the sky here. The meteorological conundrum in my head the last few days has been whether or not we get into the rain from the remains of that systems, and if so, trying to determine its significance. Yes, I do believe we will get into it, somewhat, but that it probably holds off until late Monday or even Monday night and into Tuesday. At this point, I am reluctant to say we’ll have a regional beneficial rain to help our drought situation, but any rain, so long as it’s not coming too fast and furious, will help. So I’ll continue to monitor this and fine-tune the rain chances as we get closer to the event. Also, please see the comments section below for some information sent by a long time colleague which refers to hurricane landfalls. It may surprise you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Details\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Sunny. Highs 56-63. Wind NW 5-15 MPH this morning, W under 10 MPH this afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Clear. Patchy frost and shallow fog interior low elevations. Lows 35-40 interior lowest elevations and 40-45 elsewhere occurring by midnight, followed by a slight temperature rise overnight. Wind W under 10 MPH evening, SW 5-15 MPH overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY: Sunny morning. Partly cloudy afternoon. Highs 72-79. Wind SW 10-20 MPH, gusts 25-30 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. A passing shower possible. Lows 52-59. Wind W 5-15 MPH with higher gusts, shifting to NE from north to south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY: Limited sun South Coast early, otherwise filtered sun with considerable high clouds. Highs 58-65. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Lows 47-54. Wind E up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY (COLUMBUS DAY): Cloudy. Chance of rain, mainly late in the day. Highs 55-62. Wind E 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Chance of rain. Areas of fog. Lows 48-55. Wind E 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY: Cloudy. Rain showers likely. Areas of fog. Humid. Highs 60-67. Wind shifting to S 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (OCTOBER 14-18)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A tough from the west may help produce additional rain showers to start this period before moving eastward, then one additional front may bring an additional rain shower threat late October 15 to early October 16. Temperatures start above normal then go into a general cooling trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (OCTOBER 19-23)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Low to moderate confidence outlook for a west to east flow overall but mean trough position Great Lakes to Northeast with a cooler regime, but mostly dry weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (OCTOBER 9-13) Discussion\u2026 After some areas saw a frost this morning, another seasonably cool October day is in store today, but this one will come without the wind of yesterday as we are in a weaker gradient on the northeast side of a high pressure area, but that gradient will tighten up again … Continue reading Friday October 9 2020 Forecast (7:32AM)<\/span>