Sunday, April 12, 2009

A soggy upcoming week, but no storms for us

The forecast for Northern VA over the next few days looks very soggy with non-Springlike temperatures. This is due to a stubborn frontal boundary just south of us coupled with a high pressure ridge just off the coast providing a cold air damming setup. This means low clouds, off-and-on rain (when it's not drizzling), and cool temperatures guaranteed to soak into one's bones. The warm air and storms will be shunted well south of us - again - and after tomorrow morning sunshine will be in short supply until Thursday. We could get up to an inch or more of precipitation this week to help alleviate the dryness and wash pollen from the air, so that's the "good" news. But, I really do hate cold air damming...

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