Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Cooler and Dry weather returns

It was a nice mild day today as high temperatures climbed to the upper 50's in some spots today. There wasn't a whole lot of rain to talk about today as most of the heavy showers missed Delmarva. The highest amounts were from Kent County, DE and Queen Anne's County, MD with around .30 inches of rain. Elsewhere across Delmarva, most areas received around .10 inches or less.

A cold front will slide through tonight bringing drier but cooler temperatures. typically we see lots of clearing begin a frontal passage but not this time. We will have some clearing tonight and tomorrow but skies will not be mostly sunny until Thursday. Even through we had the front pass at the surface, we still need the upper-level component of the storm to pass by. This upper level trough has a good amount of energy with it, so there will still be enough vertical motion to develop clouds as the morning progresses on Wednesday. High pressure builds back in at the surface for Thursday with a cold air-mass in place. Highs on Thursday will only be in the 30's. We should have highs around 50 degrees this time of year.

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