Saturday, July 29, 2017

Dry, Comfortable Weather Follows Coastal Storm

  Friday night's coastal storm may have been a dud for our area, but it certainly wasn't for Southeast New Jersey where they racked up several inches of rainfall.  Below is a table from the Mt. Holly Office of the National Weather Service.  It shows high rain storm totals from the state's southern-most counties.

Rainfall totals reported to the National Weather Service

  Following the storm, a cool, and more importantly, dry air mass will flow into the region.  This is in the process of moving in, and we'll continue to see these conditions through the first half of next week.  Dew points will drop into the 50's for Sunday and Monday with highs near average into the 80's.

  Sunday will be the best weather day with wall to wall sunshine and highs into the low/mid-80's and no humidity issues.  The image below shows temperatures near 80° tomorrow afternoon on Saturday morning's run of the Hi-Res NAM.

Temperatures at 3pm Sunday afternoon (Courtesy of tropicaltidbits.com)

  Monday won't be much different from Sunday except with a slightly warmer high temperature into the mid- to upper-80's

  Finally, humidity gradually creeps back into the region come Tuesday and Wednesday when highs near 90°.  A cold front looks to approach the area to end the upcoming work week and bring the threat for showers and storms come Thursday/Friday.