Weather Briefing for Monday, September 28, 2020

OUTLOOK

Warm and fairly humid conditions will persist early this week, with rain chances increasing gradually until a cold front pushes through Tuesday. Dry and somewhat chilly weather is expected behind the front for the second half of the week. Expecting the coolest nights to be Friday night and Saturday night.


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General forecast through Sunday night


Today

Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs ranging from the mid-to-upper 60s in the higher elevations to the mid-70s in the lower elevations. WInds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 9pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows in the 50s. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday

Patchy fog in the morning.Highs in the 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night

Showers likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the 40s. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday

A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with highs in the 60s.

Wednesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.



HAZARDS

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

Air Quality

Air quality is in the upper range of green for most of the county, including the ridges and other higher elevations today.

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be low today (3.5 out of 12) with ragweed, chenopods, and grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be very low due to rain (0.6 out of 12).



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

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Sep 28 2020

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

1. A broad area of low pressure could form over the western Caribbean Sea in a few days. Thereafter, some gradual development is possible late this week while the system moves slowly west-northwestward over the northwestern Caribbean.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.






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Published at 3:20am Monday, September 28, 2020