Forecast Last Updated at Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 6:36AM
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Tuesday will be another day out of the Chamber of Commerce guide--sunny, dry, and pleasant. A front will move through Wednesday with a few scattered showers. We return to nice Thursday and Friday, but "Hermine has her mind" set on the Southern Appalachians this weekend--it will be the source of showers Saturday.
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Tuesday Hi: 83 Lo: 56  A few clouds; Still pleasant; Light SW wind  |
Wednesday Hi: 82 Lo: 54 Becoming mostly cloudy; Scattered daytime showers (maybe a t-shower); NW wind 5-15 mph, gusty at night |
Thursday Hi: 81 Lo: 52 Few clouds; Pleasant; NW wind 5-15 mph |
Friday Hi: 82 Lo: 56 Increasing afternoon clouds; Slight chance of a late-afternoon or nighttime shower or t-shower |
Saturday Hi: 82 Lo: 60 Mostly cloudy; Mostly PM showers, maybe a t-shower |
Further Out
Sunday - Mostly to partly cloudy; Slight chance of a shower or t-shower; High in the lower 80s; Low in the mid 50s
Monday - Scattered clouds; Pleasant; High in the lower 80s; Low in the lower 50s
Forecast Discussion
It's been a nice break for forecasters for a couple weeks, our work mostly limited to temperature forecasts with dry air in place. We have to get back to business this week.
Today is still "easy peazy"--mostly clear with pleasant temperatures. A front will move through Wednesday bringing clouds and scattered showers during the daytime. A shower will be possible even before sunrise Wednesday. That front will settle to our south and east Thursday; as a result, we get a two additional pleasant days (Thursday and Friday). However, the slight chance of a shower or thundershower exists late Friday into Friday night.
This weekend, Wednesday's front will move back to the northeast carrying moisture from Tropical Storm Hermine. Hermine came ashore in northern Mexico Monday night and is moving NNW through south-central Texas today. It will continue a northerly course reaching west-central Oklahoma Wednesday night. Moisture from Hermine will move into Missouri Thursday, then turn southeast reaching the Southern Appalachians Saturday. Expect showers Saturday, mostly in the afternoon and evening.
Sunday, a front from the NW will sweep through. Most of the moisture will be to our east with Hermine's remnants; however, we have to keep the slight chance of a shower or thundershower in the forecast because of the front passing through. Monday looks dry with the front safely to our south and east.
In the tropical Atlantic besides Hermine... The remnants of Gaston are still out there--moving through the eastern Caribbean now. Two other tropical waves are much farther east, off the African coast.
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