Below normal temperatures expected throughout the weekend
Eerie conditions with spooky showers move in by Halloween
- Cooler than normal trend continues into early next week
- Gulf moisture reaches us by Sunday evening
- Widespread rain expected for first half of the day on Halloween
FRIDAY NIGHT
Looking to stay mostly dry for the rest of our Friday. Clouds will continue to stretch across the region with overnight lows in the 40s.
THIS WEEKEND
We are tracking an area of low pressure from the Gulf of Mexico that will head our way later this weekend bringing us some rainfall. Right now Saturday should be dry with clouds thickening up. Looks like showers will primarily arrive sometime Sunday evening with widespread rain building in overnight (into Halloween morning).
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Highs will be around 10 degrees cooler than what we saw last weekend. Afternoon temperatures will read in the 50s and low 60s for both Saturday and Sunday.
RAIN DETAILS:
- Dry for Saturday
- Most models show rain arriving near dinnertime Sunday evening (~6PM)- Subject to change with new model runs!
- Showers become more widespread into Monday morning
- Rain becomes hit-or-miss around trick-or-treat time Monday
- Around .25-.75″ of rain is expected Sunday night through Monday
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HALLOWEEN PREVIEW:
Right now rain will be with us especially for the first part of the day. Most models are hinting at showers to become hit-or-miss late afternoon and continuing that way overnight. High temperatures Monday will still read cooler than normal in the upper 50s and low 60s.
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Spotty showers will hang around into early Tuesday morning with temperatures trying to warm back up to seasonable. Expect drier conditions by Wednesday.
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