Good Saturday to one and all. It’s a toasty day in the Commonwealth as we track an increasing threat for a few storms coming at us against the grain. This leads the charge toward a much cooler pattern taking shape for the upcoming week.

Temps today range from the mid 80s to the low 90s across the state with the southeast being a little cooler than the north and west. Humidity levels are still low, so we aren’t worried about any kind of heat index at all.

A touch of moisture drops in from the northeast later today and into Sunday. This may touch off a scattered shower or thunderstorm for parts of the region, but most should stay dry.

Here’s your daily dose of storm tracking radars…

The numbers start to come down from the northeast to the southwest early next week as our pattern undergoes a significant change. This is something we started talking about nearly 10 days ago when we showed how the Ensembles were forecasting things to go in reverse once again. Well, here we are and the operational models are all on board with this exact pattern.

Watch how the ridge across the northern part of the country gets pushes west and north into Canada while a deepening trough digs into the east…

The GFS was the first operational model to pick up on this change and it’s doubling down with a second big push coming the following weekend. The GFS now has some besties in the EURO and the Canadian…

EURO

CANADIAN

Check out the GFS temp departures for the second week of the month…

Enjoy your Saturday and take care.