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Summer has arrived! The solstice occurred at 4:24 a.m. EDT this morning. Many times media is quick to jump on the fact that the length of daylight starts to decrease from here on. Drama. Yes, we start heading in the other direction, but the sunsets are still late and the sunrises are still early and the change is very, very slow to start occurring, to the point of not really being noticeable for a few weeks, and then only slightly so for a few more before we finally really start to see it later in the summer. If you thrive on the long daylight, yes we are at peak, and we’ve had a long journey to get here, and we’re only at the mountain top. The journey back down is a slope, not a cliff. Enjoy the long daylights we still have for quite some time to come and don’t worry about the rest of the media throws at you! \ud83d\ude42 Also, Happy Father’s Day to any dad reading this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 1-5 (JUNE 21-25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elongated low pressure remains over eastern Canada with a broad upper trough over the US Northeast. This is the same overall set-up that brought us the pleasant but gusty day yesterday, but with isolated showers and thunderstorms popping up in the afternoon to early evening. The difference today is that the surface pressure gradient loosens up and the wind will be less busy. While we have a pleasantly mild, low humidity day again, we do have to keep an eye out for isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, which will dissipate by about sunset. Not everybody sees these. Many areas will be rain-free all day. Areas that do get hit will have many dry hours with only a brief interruption. So overall it’s another nice day just with the need to keep an eye to the sky if you have any outdoor plans! Low pressure heads our way on Monday bringing a more widespread rainfall into the region favoring the midday through evening hours. This low pressure system will be stretched by the upper air pattern, and as it becomes somewhat parallel to the upper flow, it will be slow to migrate eastward enough to exit. This means that a shower and thunderstorm chance will exist later Monday night into part of Tuesday, particularly for southern and eastern portions of the WHW forecast area, before the system fully pulls offshore and drier weather returns. High pressure builds in with fair weather Tuesday night and Wednesday. As this high starts to move away, we’ll see some clouds increasing on Thursday ahead of our next approaching low pressure system, but as of now I think we’ll get through that day mainly rain-free. One thing we will be lacking in these early summer days: heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Abundant sun morning. Sun \/ cloud mix afternoon with isolated showers and thunderstorms mid afternoon to early evening. Highs 75-82. Dew point sub-60. Wind W 5-15 MPH becoming variable up to 10 MPH with coastal sea breeze potential in the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Clearing evening. Increasing clouds overnight. Lower elevation fog patches. Lows 55-62. Dew point near 55. Wind calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY: Becoming cloudy. Rain arrives southwest to northeast midday on. Highs 70-77, coolest coast. Dew point heads to 60+. Wind SE up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MONDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Showers likely. Chance of a thunderstorm. Areas of fog. Lows 57-64. Dew point similar to temperature. Wind S up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY: Variably cloudy through midday with a shower and thunderstorm chance, highest from the I-95 belt eastward. Increasing sun later west to east. Highs 72-79. Dew point 60+ falling back to 50s by late day. Wind variable to W 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 55-62. Dew point near 50. Wind W up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 74-81, coolest coast. Dew point 50s. Wind variable up to 10 MPH with coastal sea breezes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Low elevation fog patches. Lows 57-64. Dew point rising slowly through 50s. Wind S up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THURSDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 78-85, coolest South Coast. Dew point near 60. Wind S 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (JUNE 26-30)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trough and frontal system brings a shower and thunderstorm chance through the region on June 26. High pressure builds in with fair weather June 27-28 weekend. Frontal system brings a shower chance June 29 before high pressure returns with fair weather to finish the month of June. Temperatures show typical early summer variability but average close to normal overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (JULY 1-5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pattern looks surface high pressure dominant with a northwesterly air flow at upper levels. Overall dry with temperatures near to slightly above normal. Caveats: Beyond day 10 so confidence level is naturally lower. Always need to watch for quick-moving “over the top” disturbances in a northwesterly air flow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
COMMENTARY Summer has arrived! The solstice occurred at 4:24 a.m. EDT this morning. Many times media is quick to jump on the fact that the length of daylight starts to decrease from here on. Drama. Yes, we start heading in the other direction, but the sunsets are still late and the sunrises are still early … Continue reading Sunday June 21 2026 Forecast (7:02AM)<\/span>