Today has by all accounts been a very nice day, especially by October standards – we’ve held steady with relatively mild warmth (upper-70s to lower-80s) as well as good, clean air qualities today with minimal cloud cover and relatively lower moisture with those dewpoints in the 50s for now. This minimal moisture is due to winds being Easterly with some Northerly component (drier air), but this is going to change over the coming days and, after another dry and cool night tonight, will pave the way for some changes in the pattern in the coming days. Let’s discuss what we’re watching.
Tomorrow, in fact, we will see the first signs of those changes with somewhat warmer temperatures (widespread mid-80s) and winds shifting somewhat more out of the South and Southeast. We may see some 10-15mph gusts but otherwise we’re expecting a quite nice day tomorrow as that moisture begins its journey into the area and the humidity increases a touch as a result. We’re not expecting particularly much in the way of precipitation tomorrow, but that moisture will be what leads the next few days to be the wetter ones of the next week.
If you’ve tuned into our forecast updates on the channel at any time today or the last couple days, you’ll know the timeframe we’re watching for the best rain chances have stayed rather consistent – that is Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. This first portion of our week looks to be the west as, initially, a patch of moisture moves into the area from the south and supplements a front coming in from the north, which leads to better thunderstorm chances as we head from Tuesday and into Wednesday. It’s no surprise then, that our rain chances have trended up somewhat and may continue to over the next few days! Let’s go ahead and keep that umbrella on hand for this first portion of the workweek.
All said and done, we’ll probably be looking at some 1″+ spots of rainfall, as well as many of us seeing perhaps a half inch. This has trended up somewhat over the last few days and may continue to do so, but of note there is consistency in the fact that the areas that need the rain (Northern and Western portions of our viewing area), are the ones likely to get the higher totals, so this will certainly be a beneficial rain as we’ve seen the development of a level 3 severe drought in spots.
After that front moves through we get back down to the upper 70s for highs, so we will see a bit of more mild temperature variability by the end of the week, but first lets keep those umbrellas in the car and get ready for a few solid days of rain and thunderstorm activity, perhaps even lingering in an isolated fashion through the end of the week. I for one welcome an early drought buster… let’s see if this does it!
