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Steve Borecky's Outlook
from the Storm Team Weather Center

Indian Summer Continues...

What a way to start the weekend!!! A dome of high pressure sits just to the east of the region and is keeping skies clear and bringing up some very mild air from the Gulf of Mexico. Daytime highs across much of the region topped the 70 degree mark with a few places soaring about 75. Not bad for the first Saturday in November. Overnight, skies will remain clear, but the light southerly breeze will help keep lows out of the 20s, and even 30s in many spots as we only fall to 43.

Once the sun comes up Sunday, expect a repeat of Saturday with afternoon highs in the low to mid 70s once again. I expect 75 degree readings along I-64 and points south with temperatures in the low 70s along the Ohio River. This streak of Indian Summer continues again into Monday, but we'll see clouds starting to increase by late afternoon as a cold front starts to move in from the northwest. We'll also see some moisture from the remnants of Ida down in the Gulf moving north. Even with the increased cloud cover, we'll still top out around 76.

The next chance for rain arrives on Tuesday with the arrival of the front. There doesn't look to be a whole lot of moisture with this system, so I'm only expecting scattered showers. This could change though depending on the track Ida takes, so we'll continue to monitor the situation. Afternoon highs will still be mild, but not as warm. High 70.

We're left with a few isolated showers Wednesday morning as the front pulls east . Behind it, cooler, drier air works in from Canada as another ridge of high pressure builds in from the west. This will keep afternoon highs around 56, but we should see plenty of sun by the afternoon commute. Thursday is another dry, sunny day with highs around 62.

The ridge pulls east Friday and temperatures are back to flirting with 70. I don't think this streak will be as long as the one we're currently in, but will last a few days before our next shot of cold air arrives by the end of the weekend.

--Steve Borecky
Storm Team Meteorologist
Updated: Nov. 7, 2009 4:31 PM EST

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