Chief Meteorologist Patrick Rockey’s First Warning Forecast
Some good news as we head into the long holiday weekend: we are looking dry and pleasant for the big travel day on Wednesday and for Thanksgiving on Thursday.
Bad news: rain will move in for Black Friday and we expect several chances for rain this weekend.
High pressure will dominate the weather on the East Coast Wednesday, meaning it should be clear sailing, no matter where you are driving.
And that includes lots of sunshine here at home. We should warm up to near normal, with highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s.
It will still be very mild on Thanksgiving, but we do expect more clouds to build in. However, there is only a 20% chance for an evening shower.
Those rain chances rise on Black Friday. It does look like shoppers will have to deal with rain, but most of it will fall in the afternoon and evening. Temperatures will be a few degrees above normal with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Some of the wet weather lingers into Saturday morning, but most of the daytime hours are looking dry.
A separate storm system moved in on Saturday night and lingers into Sunday morning bringing another chance for rain.
But that system, too, will bring rain, mainly in the morning with clearing skies in the afternoon.
Bottom line: there will be rain this weekend, but it won’t be a washout.
Sunshine returns in a big way just as you return to work. We are expecting mostly sunny skies on Monday and Tuesday with near normal high temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50s.
