12/14 – Rob Knight’s “Cloudy & Damp” Friday Morning Forecast

A decaying low pressure system is located over northwest Louisiana with the upper level low-pressure currently northwest of Houston. Areal coverage of precipitation has decreased rapidly overnight but spotty rain will continue today. Fog continues to be an issue across much of the area, and a DENSE FOG ADVISORY has been issued.

The upper-level system will move slowly northeast to be near Jackson, MS around midnight tonight, then finally into Virginia by midnight Saturday night. Any remaining rain should be on the light side, and will carry minimal precip chances through this evening…with generally a dry forecast for Saturday and Sunday. Any clearing we see with a dry slot today should be relatively brief. With the slow movement of this system to the NE, any significant sunshine probably won’t occur until late Saturday afternoon or possibly even Sunday.

Weak upper level high pressure will move across the area early next week, with dry weather expected for Monday and Tuesday. Medium range models showing quite a bit of spread in their solutions with the system moving in from the west coast of the country at midweek. We will keep an eye on this evolution and modify the forecast accordingly.