DAYS 1-5 (AUGUST 17-21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A frontal boundary continues to hang just to our south, with our region on the cool side. But being on the cool side of this boundary also comes with relatively high humidity, not dry air, so clouds are quite dominant and will continue to be today, but with a lack of any rain \/ drizzle chances, so just dry weather, mild, humid, but not that much sun. That’s the Thursday story. Low pressure passing to our northwest and north tonight into Friday will finally drag the frontal boundary north as a warm front with an increased chance of showers tonight into Friday before a cold front sweeps eastward across the region. When this happens, add the chance of thunderstorms too. Some downpours are likely, but I’m not expecting widespread heavy rain coverage, and where it does occur it will tend to be brief, limiting flooding. The cold front sweeps offshore by late Friday as we see the shower\/storm threat drop off and end from west to east during Friday afternoon to early evening. Behind this front comes a refreshing dry air mass from Canada. Saturday’s weather will feature low humidity, a gusty breeze, and a sun\/cloud mix, with dry weather as any showers triggered by cool air aloft will occur in the mountains to our north. A more gentle westerly breeze is expected Sunday with less diurnal clouds, more sun, slightly warmer air, and a small and slow up-tick in humidity levels, but still fairly comfortable. Monday, a cold front is expected to drop southeastward out of Canada in response to a trough in eastern Canada, introducing a new Canadian air mass at some point during the day. This is part of a larger scale pattern that will be keeping a hot ridge of high pressure to our west, preventing heat here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Lots of clouds \/ limited sun. Highs 73-80. Dew point 60s. Wind E-SE up to 10 MPH, shifting to S 5-15 MPH in southern areas by later in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers evening. Scattered showers overnight, a few possibly heavy with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Areas of fog. Lows 65-72. Dew point 60s. Wind S 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY: Variably cloudy. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms , diminishing from west to east during the afternoon hours. Highs 76-83. Dew point 60s. Wind S 5-15 MPH shifting to W from west to east.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 60-67. Dew point falling below 60. Wind W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY: Sun\/cloud mix. Highs 78-85. Dew point falling below 50. Wind W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 55-62. Dew point 40s. Wind W 5-15 MPH, diminishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 78-85. Dew point near 50. Wind W up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUNDAY NIGHT: Clear. Patchy ground fog. Lows 57-64. Dew point rising through 50s. Wind WSW up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs 77-84. Dew point briefly 60+ then dropping into 50s. Wind WSW 5-15 MPH shifting to NW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (AUGUST 22-26)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
General pattern should feature a northwesterly upper level air flow with a ridge of high pressure in the central US and a trough of low pressure from eastern Canada to northern New England. This pattern keeps major heat out, with near to below normal temperatures, but leaves the door open for passing disturbances and fronts with shower and thunderstorm chances a couple times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (AUGUST 27-31)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final days of August look like they’ll feature a similar pattern with temperatures near to below normal as cool air is reinforced behind brief shower chances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (AUGUST 17-21) A frontal boundary continues to hang just to our south, with our region on the cool side. But being on the cool side of this boundary also comes with relatively high humidity, not dry air, so clouds are quite dominant and will continue to be today, but with a lack of … Continue reading Thursday August 17 2023 Forecast (7:38AM)<\/span>