DELMARVA FORECAST
Thursday night: Partly to mostly clear and mild. Lows in the mid 60s.
Friday: Mostly sunny and warm. Breezy. Highs in the mid 80s.
Saturday: Becoming mostly cloudy. Scattered light showers. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Sunday: Mainly cloudy with on-and-off rain. Highs in the mid to upper 60s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Monday: Mostly cloudy and cool. Breezy. Highs in the upper 60s.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny and cool. Highs around 60°F.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny and cool. Highs in the low 60s.
FORECAST DISCUSSION
Normal high: 75°F. Normal low: 54°F.
A broad ridge of high pressure has settled into much of the Mid-Atlantic and has brought lots of sunshine and warm temperatures to Delmarva.
As that ridge slides to the east, a gusty southwest breeze will keep upward pressure on our temperatures - with overnight lows Thursday night only falling to the mid 60s, Friday afternoon highs climbing well into the mid 80s.
A cold front is going to approach Delmarva Friday night and bring some big temperature changes to Delmarva - going from unseasonably warm to unseasonably cool.
As the front swings slowly across Delmarva Saturday, expect scattered light rain showers; no heavy rain is expected, though. Winds shifting to the north, coupled with the clouds and showers will keep temperatures well down in the 60s Saturday afternoon.
Then an area of low pressure is likely to develop along that front, and bring more widespread rain to Delmarva on Sunday. Confidence is slowly increasing that the heaviest of the rain will be south of Delmarva on Sunday, but the peninsula will still see on-and-off rain that will be a little bit heavier than Saturday's showers.
That low pressure departs, with much cooler temperatures arriving for much of next week. Highs by Tuesday might not get out of the 50s, despite sunshine.
In the long range, temperatures are expected to be below normal, and precipitation above normal for Oct 8 - Oct 14.
In the Tropics: A disturbance several hundred miles northeast of the Leeward Islands has a low, 10 percent chance of development in the next seven days.
There are no other areas of development interest in the Atlantic Basin at this time.
The Atlantic hurricane season ends on November 30.
