Forecast Last Updated at Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 6:40AM

The Question

The forecast question is not "Will it rain today?"; the question is "When will it ever rain again?" The hurricanes are taking moisture out of the atmosphere in the Eastern U. S. So, we get a long stretch of dry weather--warm through Wednesday; pleasant Thursday; cooler after that. Enjoy beautiful early-Fall weather!

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Saturday Hi: 81 Lo: 57 Mostly sunny after early fog; Warm; Light East wind

Sunday Hi: 80 Lo: 56 Bright sunshine; More nice weather; Light East wind

Monday Hi: 81 Lo: 58 Mostly sunny & nice; Light East wind

Tuesday Hi: 82 Lo: 61 Mostly sunny and warm

Wednesday Hi: 82 Lo: 61 More of the same; Sunshine with unseasonable warmth

Further Out

Thursday - Scattered clouds; Pleasant; High in the upper 70s; Low in the upper 50s
Friday - Scattered clouds; Cooler; High in the lower 70s; Low in the lower 50s

Forecast Discussion

We can expect dry weather for the foreseeable future thanks to high pressure centered in the Northeast followed by subsidence around the periphery of Hurricane Maria (sinking air outside the region of the storm). A dry front moves through Thursday (dry because Maria has robbed so much moisture from the Southeast). Cooler weather follows for Friday and next weekend.

Tropical Systems...
The remnant low from Jose is spinning down southeast of Cape Cod. It fades off the map tomorrow.
Maria is a Category 3 hurricane centered more than 300 miles east of Nassau. It's moving NNW. Maria will stall east of the NC Coast Wednesday and Thursday, close enough to Cape Hatteras Thursday that the Outer Banks will feel some effects and beach erosion could be an issue. Friday, Maria gets caught up in the front (the front passing through here Thursday) and then speeds northeast away from the U. S.

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