Weather Briefing for Saturday, September 19, 2020

OUTLOOK

High pressure will build south into the region, providing dry and cool conditions for the weekend. Dry high pressue will linger atop the region into the middle of next week as temperatures slowly moderate.


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News Brief

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General forecast through Saturday night


Today

Patchy fog in the morning. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the 60s. Some locations in thelower elevations could reach 70 or 71. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northeast around 5 mph.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows ranging from the upper 30s in the higher elevations to the upper 40s in the lower elevations. Light and variable winds.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs ranging from the mid-60s in the higher elevations to thelower 70s in the lower elevations. Calm winds in the morning increasing to comeout of the east around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows ranging from the upper 30s in the higher elevations tothe low-to-mid 40s in the lower elevations. Light winds out of the east.

Monday

Sunny, with highs in the 60s.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows ranging from the mid-30s in thehigher elevations to the lower 40s in the lower elevations.



HAZARDS

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

Air Quality

Air quality is in the upper range of green today as ozone and particulate matter levels are exptected to not be a problem today.

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be medium today (6.8 out of 12) with ragweed, chenopods, and grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to higher (6.9 out of 12).



TROPICAL WEATHER
(The North Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1st to Nov 30th)



Tropical Tidbit from Levi Cowan (video recoded yesterday afternoon)

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Sep 19 2020

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Beta, located over the western Gulf of Mexico, on Hurricane Teddy, located over the central Atlantic, and on Tropical Storm Wilfred, located over the eastern tropical Atlantic. The National Hurricane Center has issued its last advisory on Alpha, which became post-tropical over northern Portugal.

1. Post-Tropical Cyclone Paulette is moving southward and is now located just south of the western Azores. The cyclone is forecast to continue southward for the next day or two and then stall over marginally warm waters a few hundred miles south of the Azores. The cyclone could subsequently develop tropical or subtropical characteristics by early next week while it moves little. For more information about marine hazards associated with this system, see High Seas Forecasts issued by Meteo France.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent. 2. A tropical wave is located near the west coast of Africa and will move westward over the far eastern Atlantic during the next few days. Development of this system, if any, will be slow to occur during the next few days.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.






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Published at 3:45am Saturday, September 19, 2020