Friday is to be the mildest of the coming 7 days though highs Wednesday and Thursday are to exceed the normal maximum of 49-degrees. Wednesday's initially chilly readings---the product of cooling beneath clear skies and light winds overnight---should give way to mid 50s fairly expeditiously beneath the sunniest skies here in three days.
November's temperature turnaround has caught Chicagoan's attention. Readings are averaging 4.5-degrees above the month's long term average, and, in an uncommon development, continue warmer than October. Generous sunshine again Thursday may well foster near 60-degree highs.
Changes have been made to the coming weekend's forecast including lowering predicted high temperatures and introducing the chance of some rain---though a majority of hours this weekend are still expected to remain dry. Details of the system which may produce at least some of the weekend rain Sunday still vary among models. This suggests a forecast situation still subject to change. But, the unifying conclusion of all models is that cooler air is to settle in, dampening hopes this weekend will be anything near as warm as last with its 70-degree highs. Several computer projections indicate frontal waves capable of instigating showers Sunday---while two others are the most aggressive in developing rainfall here. These forecasts suggest a windy storm will develop over eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle Saturday evening then advance to Missouri by Monday morning and to central Illinois and Indiana by Monday evening. Such a scenario would lead to a classic autumn storm, with a thick, temperature-restricting overcast, strong east/northeast winds and impressive rainfall. But this solution is hardly unanimous and will have to be monitored in the days ahead.
Ida swamps Southeast with local 7-inch totals, 50+ mph gusts
Rainfall across sections of the Southeast with Hurricane Ida's remnants Tuesday reached 6.74 inches Gonalez, Florida and 6.61 at Foley, Alabama while winds gusts hit 54 mph at Mobile, Alabama and 52 mph at Pensacola, Florida. Heavy rains extended north into the Carolinas and powerful winds in coming days resulting from the widely varied pressures between Ida's remnants and a sprawling high pressure to the north are expected to produce easterly gales near Washington, D.C. south to the Carolinas. Waves are likely to top 20 feet there.
November's temperature turnaround has caught Chicagoan's attention. Readings are averaging 4.5-degrees above the month's long term average, and, in an uncommon development, continue warmer than October. Generous sunshine again Thursday may well foster near 60-degree highs.
Changes have been made to the coming weekend's forecast including lowering predicted high temperatures and introducing the chance of some rain---though a majority of hours this weekend are still expected to remain dry. Details of the system which may produce at least some of the weekend rain Sunday still vary among models. This suggests a forecast situation still subject to change. But, the unifying conclusion of all models is that cooler air is to settle in, dampening hopes this weekend will be anything near as warm as last with its 70-degree highs. Several computer projections indicate frontal waves capable of instigating showers Sunday---while two others are the most aggressive in developing rainfall here. These forecasts suggest a windy storm will develop over eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle Saturday evening then advance to Missouri by Monday morning and to central Illinois and Indiana by Monday evening. Such a scenario would lead to a classic autumn storm, with a thick, temperature-restricting overcast, strong east/northeast winds and impressive rainfall. But this solution is hardly unanimous and will have to be monitored in the days ahead.
Ida swamps Southeast with local 7-inch totals, 50+ mph gusts
Rainfall across sections of the Southeast with Hurricane Ida's remnants Tuesday reached 6.74 inches Gonalez, Florida and 6.61 at Foley, Alabama while winds gusts hit 54 mph at Mobile, Alabama and 52 mph at Pensacola, Florida. Heavy rains extended north into the Carolinas and powerful winds in coming days resulting from the widely varied pressures between Ida's remnants and a sprawling high pressure to the north are expected to produce easterly gales near Washington, D.C. south to the Carolinas. Waves are likely to top 20 feet there.
