04/24 – Brantly’s “Sunny Weekend” Friday Forecast

Clear skies and much nicer conditions are noted today in comparison to yesterday at this time. The upper level shortwave that brought us yesterday’s severe weather continues to slide up toward the Mid Atlantic and Atlantic Coast today. A cold front draped down from the surface low will approach the region from the west on Saturday morning and winds will respond to the front through the afternoon.

As winds turn southerly (especially along the coast) through the day today, the drier air gets pushed back out of the area this evening. Moist, southerly flow in addition to increasing cloud cover will keep overnight lows slightly warmer than last night. Lows tonight will only fall into the mid to upper 60s at the beaches and low 60s to upper 50s further inland. Highs on Saturday will also be warmer than today with many locations topping out in the mid to upper 80s.

A surface low pressure system located near the Ohio River valley will move off into the western Atlantic as an upper level low pressure system over the eastern half of the U.S. likewise moves off into the western Atlantic.  A light northerly surface flow continues over the forecast area through Monday morning as a surface ridge of high pressure builds into the region in the wake of the surface low, then gradually transitions to a light southeasterly flow through Monday night as the axis of the surface ridge shifts east of the area.

Dry conditions are expected to continue over the area through the middle of next week. Highs on Sunday range from the lower to mid 70s well inland to near 80 elsewhere and highs on Monday will be 75 to 80. Lows Saturday night will be mostly in the mid 50s except for near 60 at the coast, then lows Sunday night will be cooler with mid to upper 40s inland ranging to lower 50s over the coastal counties. Lows Monday night range from the lower 50s inland to near 60 at the coast.