Meteorologist Craig Adams

Update Time: 11:30 PM 9/22/2023

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DISCUSSION/ADVISORIES

The nice weather we've enjoyed the past few days gets displaced by unsettled weather into the weekend with cloudy conditions back across the area, along with the likelihood of some rain as well both days. Temperatures will be trending cooler too for the weekend with the clouds and occasional rain around. We'll be officially transitioning from summer to fall in the early morning hours of Saturday as the Fall Equinox will be arriving, marking the official start of the fall season. Our weather this weekend will be impacted by a coastal storm that turned into Tropical Storm Ophelia earlier today. The system which is centered off of the Carolina coast will continue to track northwestward towards the coastline and will further migrate northward over the course of the weekend into the Del Marva area. While the system will likely transition back to a non-tropical type system by later in the weekend, the net result will be the same locally. Moisture continuing to stream northward into our region will make for cloudy skies for both Saturday and Sunday along with off and on showers. The axis of heavier rain will probably remain south of the local area and points eastward into southern New England. However, enough rain will likely fall to make for damp conditions over the majority of the area as we progress through the weekend.

The storm system will depart off to our south and east as we work into the day Monday with drier air anticipated to start flowing back into the region. At this juncture, it looks like predominately dry weather will prevail into next week with brighter skies developing through the week. Temperatures will run close to typical early fall averages for this time of the year.

OVERNIGHT

Increasing clouds

Remaining dry, not as chilly as the past couple of nights

WIND: Variable in direction around 5 mph

LOW: 50-55

SATURDAY - FALL BEGINS AT 2:50AM

Cloudy skies

Showers developing, starting around lunch time in the Capital Region ( early further south in the Hudson Valley )

Cooler

WIND: NE 5-10 mph

HIGH: Around 65

SATURDAY NIGHT

Cloudy skies

Showers at times

WIND: North 5-10 mph

LOW: 50-55

SUNDAY

Cloudy skies

Continued risk for off and on showers

HIGH: Low to mid 60s

MONDAY

Clouds with some intervals of sun

Should be dry for the majority of the region

HIGH: Upper 60s