Mild and Sunny Today; Rain Chances Tuesday-Friday

Current Surface Map
Current Surface Map
An area of high pressure off of the coast will continue to keep warmer air and sunny skies in place today but will be displaced tomorrow as a stationary front sets up across the area. The front will bring unsettled weather through the rest of the week.

Today will be mostly sunny and warm, with highs in the low 70s. Southwest winds will increase this afternoon, gusting to near 25mph.

The stationary front will move into our area tomorrow and several disturbances will ride along it, bringing rain and possibly afternoon thunderstorms to the state. Scattered showers will develop tomorrow morning and become more prevalent as we move through the day. Isolated thunderstorms will be possible during the late afternoon and evening hours as the front pushes south. Despite the rain and cloud cover, highs tomorrow will be around 70°.

The front will remain in our vicinity Tuesday night into Wednesday. Rain chances will taper off north of the boundary while showers and thunderstorms will remain likely south of it. At this time, it appears the front will push south of our area, and into Virginia, keeping most of the showers to our south, but cool and damp conditions with isolated showers will be possible across the state through the day.

NAM Temperatures 2pm Wednesday (tropicaltidbits.com)
NAM Temperatures 2pm Wednesday
(tropicaltidbits.com)
There will be a sharp temperatures gradient with this front as well. Areas south of the front will likely remain in the upper 60s to low 70s for highs while most of our area will be in the upper 40s to low 50s, under the influence of damp, marine air off of the ocean.

We remain in the cooler marine air Wednesday night and Thursday with areas of drizzle and light showers likely. Highs on Thursday will be in the upper 40s to near 50°.

The front will then move back northward as a warm front Thursday night into Friday as an area of low pressure and a cold front approach from the west. Friday will start out cool and moist and as the warm front pushes through, will turn much warmer with scattered showers and thunderstorms likely through the afternoon hours as the cold front approaches. Highs will be around 70°.

The cold front will push through Friday night, bringing an end to the rain chances and high pressure builds in for the weekend.


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