Thursday, October 16, 2008

Record Highs Thursday

Southwesterly winds ahead of a cold front allowed temperatures to soar well into the 80s across the shore today. Georgetown reached 87 degrees, breaking the old record of 86. Wallops Island also went down in history today with a high of 85, breaking the old record of 81. Salisbury tied the record high today of 85 which was set back in 1947.

A cold front will slide through Delmarva tonight allowing northerly winds to transport cooler air into the mid-Atlantic. Fall-like temperatures return this weekend with highs in the low to mid 60s. An area of low pressure will develop along the front keeping clouds around Friday and Saturday. There also will be a chance of a shower on Friday, mainly for far southern Delmarva. The low pressure will intensify as it moves farther offshore on Saturday. As the low moves farther off the coast on Saturday, skies will begin to clear out Saturday night and become mostly sunny for Sunday.

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