Chief Meteorologist Patrick Rockey's First Warning Forecast
After a couple of blustery days, our temperatures will be heading up as we head into the weekend. But rain chances will too. Even a few thunderstorms are possible.
We definitely do need the rain. A week into December, we've had rain on four of our seven days. But it's only amounted to 0.14". We desperately need more rain.
Most of our region is in some kind of drought. It's worst on the Virginia Eastern Shore, where big parts of both counties are in a severe drought.
We are tracking a strong cold front that will cross the region on Sunday. It will bring showers and storms, including some heavy downpours.
We expect most of the rain will come in the afternoon and evening, along with the early morning hours of Monday.
Our longer-range forecast models are painting in as much as two inches of welcome rain from this system.
Before the wet weather arrives, warmer weather will prevail.
We're expecting highs in the 60s on Saturday and the lower 70s on Sunday. Obviously, temperatures will drop quite a bit behind the cold front. Stay tuned.
