TODAY: Becoming mostly cloudy; shower in spots. High: 74
TONIGHT: An evening shower in spots; clearing late. Low: 57
TOMORROW: Nice with sunshine and some clouds. High: 74 Low: 45
Mostly sunny skies blanketed the area after a seemingly endless 10-day stretch of gray and gloom. Sure, some of those clouds lingered early Thursday morning as expected. But as promised, the sunshine was abundant by midday. Now that we have the sunshine back, we'll more or less keep it for at least the next seven days, with some extra clouds on Friday and just a few small chances of some scattered showers and sprinkles Friday night and again Sunday night. Tucked in between will be a bright and mild weekend with 70-something-degree sunshine expected both Saturday and Sunday. And that sunshine should remain firmly in place most of next week, but with much cooler temperatures. That should include a couple of days mid-week with highs only in the lower 60s, and nighttime lows perhaps dipping into the upper 30s in some of the normally colder spots. All the while, it's a mainly dry forecast through mid-October.
DETAILED FORECAST
FRIDAY
A weak and moisture-starved front will slide through our area early Friday night. But out ahead of it, expect clouds to increase along with a spotty shower or two in the afternoon or evening. Despite the increase in clouds, it will still be on the milder side, with highs in the low to mid 70s. Any shower would likely be just enough to wet the ground, with maybe a hundredth or two of an inch in a few spots. Any scattered showers or sprinkles Friday evening will end, and clouds should depart as skies clear overnight.
THIS WEEKEND
The first weekend of October should be a stellar one weather-wise. Look for mostly sunny skies for Saturday and a good chunk of Sunday, with some increasing high clouds late in the day on Sunday. Both days are seasonably mild and mostly in the low to mid 70s. Another weak and moisture-starved cold front will slide through Sunday night with again nothing more than a few scattered showers. Rainfall amounts overnight Sunday will likely again amount to only a few hundredths of an inch of rain.
MOST OF NEXT WEEK
While Sunday's night front doesn't produce much rain, it will be followed by a sharply cooler shot of air that settles in for the first half of next week. Look for partly sunny skies on Monday then abundant sunshine for most of the rest of the week with big high pressure in charge. But instead of highs around 70-75° like over the weekend, expect highs to drop considerably. We'll still sneak in a 70-degree high Monday as the cool air just starts to arrive, but by Tuesday and Wednesday, highs will only be in the low 60s. Nighttime lows should drop well into the 40s, with some mid to upper 30s not out of the question Tuesday and Wednesday nights as high pressure nears. There could be some patchy Poconos frost during that time. We should slowly moderate into the mid to upper 60s later in the week.
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