STORM2K

A cooler and much drier air mass will invade most of the Southeast Friday and over the upcoming weekend. The cooler and less humid air will make it as far south as central Florida. This air mass is more typical of late September than early August. The ECMWF shows a very impressive trough at 850 this weekend, with 12C over SC !!!! GFS also has the 564 thickness line drapped across northern SC Saturday, with a pretty strong gradient at 500mb this time of year. With surface high over the midwest and northerly flow, this should tanslate to about 82/60 in Summerville/CHAS Friday and SAT. Very impressive in early August ! Across the NE and middle Atlantic regions, temperatures will only rise into the 60s and 70s the next couple of days despite more sunshine than clouds. Near-record low temperatures are possible in some areas Friday night.






Day 10 shows a monster trough in the East. If this were Sept.14 instead of Aug.14 we'd have frost in the upper Plains and Great Lakes:

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I'll TAKE IT!!

Forecast for my area of Raleigh!

Friday:

Sunny. Mild and less humid. Highs around 80. North winds 10 to 15 mph.

Friday Night through Saturday Night:

Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs around 80. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday and Sunday Night:

Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows around 60.


Eric

Forecast for my area

This afternoon: Partly sunny and cool. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.

Friday: Mostly cloudy and cool with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph

Friday night: Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Lows in the upper 40s. North winds around 10 mph.

Saturday. Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Continued cool with highs in the mid 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.

Gee... need a jacket there anyone?

.THIS AFTERNOON...CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 70S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN
THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 50. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 80. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15
MPH.

I feel it on Nantucket

Ohh looks at those beautiful dewpoints...dreamy dryness..

But its never gonna make it HERE!!!

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface ... m&nplots=1

This is MY kind of invasion! It's 70°F, right now,
with a low humidity - insane for us, in August!
Supposed to get down to 51°F, tonight, possibly
setting a record low! I'm raising the windows!

Mid 50s tonight for Raleigh...WRAL-TV5 says specifically...55!

Man, it felt GREAT today to be outside for awhile and that nice northerly breeze!

Eric

Upper 40s again tonight...

RECORD LOWS SUNDAY AUG 8th:-

Asheville NC 49F
Augusta GA 52F ( new August record)
Lynchburg VA 53F tied 2002
Roanoke VA 53F
Trenton NJ 54F
Greensboro NC 55F
Charlotte NC 55F
Columbia SC 56F
Greenville SC 56F
Macon GA 56F
Athens GA 57F
Texarkana ARK 58F tied 1990
New Bern NC 58F tied 1950
Charleston SC 59F
Cape Hatteras NC 60F tied 1957
Atlanta GA 61F tied 1904
Savannah GA 61F
Longview TX 62F


-justin-

59 in Charleston ?? Wow ! I'll take it anytime in summer !


ken