Nice Friday... Wet weather ahead...

Beautiful weather across the region today after a fairly chilly start. Look for sunshine and highs in the lower 70s for most areas.

A cool and wet setup lies ahead. Some showers will begin to work into the region for our Saturday, and then I expect periods of rain Sunday and Monday.

That rain will be falling into a pretty cool airmass, and this will set up a cold air damming scenario. So, it might be a case where many piedmont and foothill spots are in the 50s for much of Sunday and Monday.

The European wants to keep the occasional rain going on through Wednesday and Thursday of next week while the GFS shows some degree of drying. We will see.

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Quiet today and tomorrow.... wet weather for the weekend...

First off, there were some big storms in Louisiana yesterday morning, including a storm that produced a couple of tornadoes near New Orleans. Here is an image sent to me by Hank Allen, Chief Meteorologist at WGNO-TV in New Orleans:

And here is a Base Reflectivity and Velocity radar shot from that storm from Dave Nussbaum, Meteorologist at WBRX-TV in Baton Rouge.

Cooler and drier air is settling into our region behind the departing front, and the result will be very nice weather today and tomorrow.

Wet weather will return this weekend. Some showers will arrive by later Saturday, and Sunday is looking quite wet with periods of rain and cool temps.

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Cold front arrives tonight

Warmer and breezy weather will unfold around the region today just ahead of an incoming cold front. Highs will push well into the 70s with even an 80 degree reading or two possible in the piedmont.

The main upper level dynamics will be pulling well off to the north with this storm system, so the coverage of showers and storms will dwindle as it crosses the mountains. In fact, there will be some piedmont spots that don't see a drop of rain.

Cooler and quiet weather for us tomorrow and Friday, and I will continue to mention some shower chances this weekend.

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Next front due in tomorrow night...

An area of low pressure will pull away from the coast this morning, and in the wake of that low, lots of sunshine will build into the region with pleasant afternoon temps.

Tomorrow will be very nice and warmer just ahead of an incoming front. That front will bring the chance of some showers and storms to the piedmont tomorrow evening and night. The mountains could pick up a shower or storm by tomorrow afternoon.

Overall rain amounts do not look very impressive. The main upper level dynamics will be pulling away to the north, and the coverage and intensity of the showers and storms should dwindle.

At the moment, it looks like a prolonged cold air damming scenario could unfold this weekend into early next work week. This could result in quite cool, showery weather at times.

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