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Can't Beat It!

TODAY'S NUMBERS:
HIGH: 78
LOW: 53

What a great day across the area! A nice cool refreshing start... some local spots even dipped down into the mid-40s this morning:

And the afternoon was just spectacular! Mostly sunny, with comfortable highs in the 70s:

It's almost like just stepping outside today could lift your mood! Didn't it seem like everyone was so happy today? ;)

As I talked about yesterday, we're still expecting the 80s to return for Thurs, Fri & Sat... (you can see they even edged into the Western part of the viewing area today.) THEN comes our next storm to bring a major change as we go into the second half of the weekend!! You can see the trough forming in the Pacific Northwest on this evening's satellite image:

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That trough is forecast to deepen into the Northern Plains over the next few days. Here is the GFS forecast for Sunday morning:

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The storm will bring a cold front through the area on Sunday. There is not a WHOLE lot of moisture showing up... but it does bring a CHANCE of some showers and thunderstorms for Saturday night/Sunday. Then... the COOL stuff arrives next week! Highs Monday through Wednesday look to be rather cool... right now I am going for 70-ish... with overnight lows the coolest we've seen yet this season... in the 40s.

Meantime... Hurricane Gordon has a very well-defined eye... as a strong Category 2 storm:

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The good news... Gordon is not a threat to land... and should weaken over the next few days.

Gary & Jeff are back in town... safe and sound! Gary's back on air tomorrow, while I take a couple of days off. I'll see you Saturday!
Jamie

Posted by at September 13, 2006 8:10 PM