Warming Up and Growing More Humid by the Weekend.

When looking at the satellite picture of the clouds (below) it would seem that rain from the central states would be coming into our area soon. But those clouds and rain are generally moving north. This is a slow moving pattern right now. This means that sunshine will dominate for the next week overall. Now it can shower/storm, but the basic idea of western trough, eastern ridge is staying put for now. 

Some fine tuning to the forecast is needed. The basic picture is the same, and the changes are more “cosmetic” rather than whole scale changes. They are:

• Adjusted temps up a couple degrees Wed-Sat.

Like I said: not a big deal. The first heat is coming right on schedule. And the big message for this weekend … instead of heat, you might need that fan or dare I say air conditioning? 
 
Points for Next 7 Days:

1. Afternoon shower/thunderstorm: Most any day Thu – Sat.   
2. Early Season Heat: Today through next Thu. Lots of sunshine over-all ... however, see next point. 
   
3. Tropical Troubles: Some kind of tropical system is likely to develop late this weekend and move toward the SE US coastline. Where will it go from there?  West and inland or north and up coast or slow and kind of stall?  IF it came north, it could ruin Memorial Day for eastern portions of the Mid-Atlantic region.

 
Details:

Wednesday: 84. Sunny. Warm.     

Thursday: 86. Mostly sunny. Warm. Chance afternoon/eve showers/storms.

Friday: 88. Mostly sunny. Very warm. Slight chance afternoon/eve shower/storm.

Saturday: 89. Mostly sunny. Very warm. Slight chance afternoon/eve shower/storm.          

Sunday: 87. Mostly sunny. Very warm. Slight chance afternoon/eve shower/storm.           

Monday: 80. Partly sunny. Chance for showers and thunderstorms.  Humid.

Tuesday: 81. Partly sunny. Chance for a showers and thunderstorms. Humid.

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