Skies are cloudy early this morning and the rain has tapered off to drizzle, it is quite cool and breezy with temperatures mainly in the low-mid 40s. A little over an inch of rain has fallen since this time yesterday.
Today will continue to be cloudy, chilly and breezy as strong high pressure to our north along with a front just offshore will again give us a rather brisk northeast flow of the very cool air. We will have periods of rain and drizzle today with much lower rain amounts. The coast will continue to be pounded by high tides. Meanwhile Hurricane Joaquin is moving northeast from the Bahamas and will not affect our weather.
The high pressure will build down closer to the area on Sunday and after some morning drizzle or light rain we should see some improving conditions in the afternoon with somewhat milder temperatures.
Dry with milder temperatures next week!
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – Cloudy and windy with periods of light rain and drizzle, high in the low 50s.
TONIGHT – Cloudy with a chance of light rain and drizzle, low in the upper 40s.
SUNDAY – Mostly cloudy with a chance of morning light rain and drizzle, high near 60.
MONDAY – Partly sunny, high in the mid 60s.
TUESDAY – Mostly sunny, high near 70.
WEDNESDAY – Mostly sunny, high in the low 70s.
THURSDAY – Mostly sunny, high in the upper 60s.
FRIDAY – Partly sunny, high in the upper 60s.
MARINE FORECAST: Gale warning in effect till 6 p.m. on Sunday for northeast winds gusting to 45 knots, seas 10-15 feet.
OUTLOOK – Small craft advisory likely through Wednesday for high seas.
CLIMATE: September 2015 was the warmest September since my records began in 1973 with temperatures around 6 degrees above normal. Precipitation totaled 2.82″ almost all of it falling on the 10th and on the 30th.
Have a good day!