Jul 19, 2008 | 8:04 PM
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Weather
Muggy, stuffy tonight with some scattered clouds and fog: 69 to 74 degrees from suburb to city.
Tropical Storm Cristobal formed today at 2 PM off the coast of the Carolinas. It is expected to pass east of New Jersey on Monday, which could keep our temperatures in the upper 80s, if we get enough cloud cover.
Otherwise, our heat wave # 3 will last until Tuesday.
Expect hazy sun on Sunday with higher
humidity. (Dewpoints will rise to around 70 degrees.) Isolated thunder will also be possible.
Highs Sunday: near 95 degrees.
Feels like 100 to 103 degrees.
Meteorologist David Aldrich, 8:05 PM, 7/19/2008
Jul 18, 2008 | 5:27 AM
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Weather
High pressure is now located off the Jersey Shore.
Hazy sun with higher
humidity will continue today. (Dewpoints settle into the mid to upper 60s.) Isolated thunder will also be possible.
Highs today: near 96 degrees.
Feels like 95 to 100 degrees.
Mostly clear skies tonight (just a few high cirrus clouds): 67 to 74 degrees from suburb to city.
Highs in the mid 90s are expected Saturday and lower 90s on Sunday. The humidity will slowly "inch upwards" each and every day.
Sunday will feature a few pop-up thunderstorms.
Meteorologist David Aldrich, 5:30 AM, 7/18/2008
Jul 17, 2008 | 5:39 AM
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Weather
As high pressure settles into the Tri-State this afternoon, bright sun will prevail today with higher humidity. (Dewpoints settle into the mid 60s.)
Highs today: near 95 degrees.
Feels like 100 degrees.
Mostly clear skies tonight (just a few high cirrus clouds): 67 to 72 degrees from suburb to city.
Highs in the mid 90s are expected Friday and Saturday. The humidity will slowly "inch upwards" each and every day.
Sunday will feature a few pop-up thunderstorms, which could keep us in the mid to upper 80s.
Meteorologist David Aldrich, 5:40 AM, 7/17/2008
Jul 16, 2008 | 6:39 AM
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Weather
As high pressure settles into West Virginia this afternoon, bright sun will prevail today with low humidity. (Dewpoints drop into the 50s.)
Highs today: near 91 degrees.
Mostly clear skies tonight (just a few high cirrus clouds): 63 to 68 degrees from suburb to city.
Highs in the lower to mid 90s are expected Thursday and Friday. The humidity will slowly "inch upwards" each and every day.
Saturday will feature a few pop-up thunderstorms, which could keep us in the mid to upper 80s.
Meteorologist David Aldrich, 6:40 AM, 7/16/2008
Jul 15, 2008 | 8:12 AM
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Weather
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."
-William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream
We're thinking of midsummer because today, July 15th, is the halfway point of meteorological summer. It's a bit different than the summer we talk about when the solstice happens, which was on June 20th this year. Meteorological summer includes the entire months of June, July, and August. That's why for us in The Weather Station, it's Midsummer.
At this point, though, it's going to be a bit unusual, because we're getting a break from the humidity today. It'll still be warm, but not so sticky, thanks to the cold front that came through early yesterday.
Wednesday gets a bit warmer, into the upper eighties, but it's still not humid to the max.
That happens on Thursday, which could be the first day of our next summer heat wave.
We expect highs in the 90s, all the way through the weekend.
I'd better stock up on talcum powder......and Shakespeare..................
Sue Serio
7/15/08
Jul 14, 2008 | 8:24 AM
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Weather
"Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain."
-author unknown
A rainy morning gives way to sunshine later in the day. A few heavy downpours are possible, when the rain is with you. At least it waited until the weekend was over!
The rain comes with a cold front, and after that front is through, the humidity is lower.
You'll really feel that tonight, after the sun goes down. We get some radiational cooling as skies clear, and the overnight is not so muggy.
Tuesday is still warm, with a high in the upper eighties. But it's a more comfy warmth, with that lower humidity.
Wednesday is the transitional day, with a few more stickies sneaking in. By Thursday and Friday, we're back in the soup, and we could see the beginnings of a heat wave at the end of the work week.
Sue Serio
7/14/08
Jul 11, 2008 | 5:53 AM
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Weather
"This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath,
May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet."
-William Shakespeare
Thursday turned out to be as advertised: as close to perfect as a summer day can get.
Today, look for more of the same, although the Friday high will be a few degrees warmer than yesterday's 84-degrees.
Plenty of sunshine today, and the dewpoints remain low. But by tonight, winds shift to southwesterly, and the muggies return.
For Saturday and Sunday....no impediments to your outdoor activities. It will be warmer and more humid both days, with highs around 90-degrees.
The next chance of rain is when a cold front arrives on Sunday night. That gives us rain into Monday morning. Really good timing for the weekend......
Have fun!
Sue Serio
7/11/08
Jul 10, 2008 | 6:24 PM
Category:
Weather
Overnight Lows tonight: 59 to 66 degrees from suburb to city.
Mostly clear & cooler.
Mid 50s from Allentown to the Poconos would not surprise me.
This will likely be the coolest morning of July so far.
I am expecting less in the way of cirrus clouds on Friday.
Look for a sunshiny day with low humidity. Highs on Friday: 84 to 88 degrees from suburb to city.
Winds: NE to VRB 3 - 8 mph
High temperatures remain in the mid to upper 80s through Sunday with more humidity for the upcoming weekend.
The next chance of showers and thunderstorms ? Sunday night (well after dark) into Monday morning.
Meteorologist David Aldrich, 6:25 PM, 7/10/2008
Jul 10, 2008 | 4:47 AM
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Weather
"Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January."
-Hal Borland
Let's enjoy a close-to-perfect summer day while it's here.
The cold front swept throught last night, with the predicted thunderstorms....now the drier air is moving in to make it a bit more comfy this afternoon with plenty of sunshine.
Lucky you, if you're headed to the Phillies game. You've got a great day for the businesspersons special.
Fortunate you are, if you have the time to attend the first day of the WXPN XPoNential Music Festival in Camden this afternoon. There's plenty of sunshine in store, and it won't be too humid.
Just don't forget the sunscreen!
Humidity returns in time for the weekend, so enjoy today and tomorrow while they're here.
Sue Serio
7/10/08
Jul 9, 2008 | 6:28 PM
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Weather
Some leftover storms tonight will be moving through South Jersey.
With the passage of the cold front, the humidity (dew points) will be dropping over the next two days, only to return this weekend.
Temperatures will hold in the mid to upper 80s for highs for Thursday and Friday.
We could nudge 90 degrees on Saturday.
Meteorologist David Aldrich, 6:25 PM, 7/9/2008
Jul 9, 2008 | 11:16 AM
Category:
Weather
"Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement."
-Ernest Dimnet
French cleric
(1866-1954)
It's about time for a change in the weather....today should be our second consecutive 90-degree day. We don't want to get used to that, do we?
A cold front is poised to pass through tonight, touching off showers and thunderstorms. There could be a rain delay for the Phillies' game versus the Cards this evening.
The payoff, after some drenching downpours in spots, will be a couple of less humid days on Thursday and Friday. It'll still be warm, in the eighties, but it'll be just a bit more comfortable.
This forecast is welcome news for the WXPN XPonential Music Festival, which begins on Thursday at Wiggins Park in Camden, New Jersey.
Here's a link, for more.............
Maybe I'll see you there, this weekend.
Sue Serio
7/9/08
Jul 8, 2008 | 4:33 PM
Category:
Weather
Lows tonight: 69 to 74 degrees from suburb to city. Warm and stuffy, isolated thunderstorm. Patchy fog by morning.
With a cold front approaching from the Ohio River Valley on Wednesday, the threat of thunderstorms will increase late in the afternoon into the early evening. Highs on Wednesday will range from the upper 80s to the lower 90s depending on cloud cover.
Storms that form on Wednesday could be strong to severe. Less humid conditions return on Thursday and Fridahy in the wake of the cold front.
Meteorologist David Aldrich, 4:35 PM, 7/8/2008
Jul 8, 2008 | 7:22 AM
Category:
Weather
"When the cow tries to scratch its ear,
It means a shower is very near.
When it thumps its ribs with its tail,
Look out for thunder, lightning, and hail."
-weather saying from New Jersey
Both man and beast....and women and children, too....will find it tough to stay comfortable outside today. The day started wtih a lot more sushine than Monday, and we expect to be at least five or six degrees warmer than yesterday; expecting a high of 91-degrees.
Plenty of humidity, both today and tomorrow, with those dewpoints not leaving the 70s.
Showers and thunderstorms pop up later in the day. They probably won't be as widespread as yesterday.
A more organized line of showers and storms comes through in the afternoon on Wednesday. That will result in more comfortable dewpoints on Thursday and Friday.
We'll take the break whenever we can get one!
-Sue Serio
7/8/08
Jul 7, 2008 | 6:15 PM
Category:
Weather
Lows tonight: 66 to 71 degrees from suburb to city. Muggy, Fog, Clouds & Haze, Leftover T-shower.
With a southwest breeze kicking up Tuesday afternoon (SW 5 -15 mph, gusts to 25), highs Tuesday should be near 91 degrees with heat indices in the mid to upper 90s.
A weak line of low pressure or trough will be approaching from the West Tuesday, causing the threat of a thunderstorm to increase late in the afternoon into the early evening.
Pop-up storms will be possible again on Wednesday with breezy conditions and temperatures running around 91 degrees.
Meteorologist David Aldrich, 6:15 PM, 7/7/2008
Jul 7, 2008 | 8:19 AM
Category:
Weather
"Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world."
-Ada Louise Huxtable
The heat, humidity, and chance of pop-up thuderstorms are all still with us as we ease our way out of the holiday weekend.
With a lot of cloud cover, limited sunshine, and a chance of moree isolated showers and storms, our highs will get into the mid eighties this afternoon. It's a good idea to have both the sunglasses and the umbrella with you today. It's going to be that kind of an afternoon.
Muggy for the Phillies' game tonight. Just like yesterday, we could get a storm or a shower.
Not much changes for Tuesday, except that we expect more sunshine, so the high will probably make it to 90-degrees.
Heat index tomorrow could reach 100.
After another 90-degree afternoon on Wednesday, then, a cold front arrives on Wednesday evening. That will touch off some stronger thunderstorm, and usher in slightly cooler and drier air for Thursday and Friday.
Heat and humidity are back in time for the weekend.
Just back from vacation.....counting the minutes 'til my nap.......
