Through Tonight: Any breaks in the clouds begin to fill in completely. Other than a couple of stray raindrops, shower chances stay minimal until a bit closer to sunrise. Breezes lighten overnight, blowing from the southwest during the evening but shifting to blow from the northeast closer to dawn as rain chances rise. Temperatures slowly dip toward the mid-40s to around 50 degrees.
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Tomorrow (Sunday): Showers and light rain are most likely during the morning hours, lasting perhaps through midafternoon. Steadier, more moderate rains may favor areas south of the city. Overall, though, a tenth to quarter inch (wettest spots) of rain is possible. Clouds and light northeasterly breezes keep daytime temperatures muted within a few degrees of 50.
Overnight, only the slightest chance for a few stray raindrops. Winds are calm as clouds dominate and temperatures hover fairly steadily near 40 to mid-40s.
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Culprit behind cloudier, cooler and damper conditions
The jet stream stays near or upon us in the coming days, providing a storm track feed directly into and through our region. Here’s a short-term animation of the feed of surface moisture provided by all these atmospheric perturbations coming our way:
Enabling these weather systems to keep tracking over our area, they’re riding the jet stream at higher altitudes in the atmosphere:
At ground level, where we all live, we’ll experience low pressure systems and fronts strewn about most of the East Coast. They may dance around us for a few days, not moving too much. Here’s a short-term look through tomorrow evening:
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