Synopsis:
High pressure will slowly slip off the Northeast coast through Wednesday. This area of high pressure has provided the region with our Summer-like conditions and will continue to do so through mid-week. Readings will be in the 80s with high humidity. The average high temperature is 72º
At the same time, Hurricane Maria will be moving North up and off the Southeast coast. Maria as of this writing is a category 1 hurricane with winds of 75mph. The storm has weakened. The storm will continue move North. This is a result of a strong ridge of high pressure to the North and East of the storm. I am now fairly confident that the storm will move East of the Outer Banks and then take a sharp right hand turn out into the Atlantic. I NEVER let my guard down until a hurricane is North of our latitude. The hurricane should swing off the East coast by Thursday as a cool front moves in. This will finally bring a refreshing airmass down from Canada-yes, feeling more like Fall.
Stay Tuned.
Today:
Patchy Morning fog, otherwise mostly sunny, warm and humid. Highs in the lower to mid 80s. Northeast to Southeast winds at 5-10mph.
Tonight:
Partly cloudy and warm. Patchy fog. Lows around 70º in the City, the 60s inland. Southeast to Northeast winds under 5mph.
Wednesday:
Sun & Clouds, humid. Highs in the lower 80s.
Thursday:
Mostly sunny. Much less humid. Highs in the upper 70s.
Friday:
Mostly sunny and cooler. Fall finally makes an appearance. Highs in the lower 70s.
Saturday:
Partly sunny and cool. A stray afternoon shower is possible. Highs in the upper 60s.
Keep it here for a no nonsense, no hype forecast.