The Hudson Valley is about to get a taste of September, as far as the weather goes.
Temperatures are forecast to dip into the mid-50s early Tuesday and Wednesday, typical of early September.
It only reached 90 degrees once or twice this month and there’s no such high heat on the horizon. It could still reach 90 again in September — and I do think it will heat up again — but the clock is ticking.
The region has also managed to dodge the worst of the flooding rainfall events that have plagued the country in recent weeks, thanks in part to extra atmospheric moisture flowing in from an El Niño-torched Pacific Ocean. I wrote about this in Sunday’s Washington Post; here’s a gift article.
Those downpours will eventually reach the Hudson Valley this fall, and I plan to dig into that topic a little more next month, when I release my thoughts on fall weather patterns to premium subscribers.
The week ahead
The week ahead looks decent overall, with some rain chances here and there, especially on Thursday.
Monday: mainly sunny, but a brief sprinkle or shower can’t be ruled out
Tuesday: a cool start to the day, similar to Monday overall with a slight shower chance
Wednesday: another cool morning, plenty of sun
Thursday: humidity rises, as does the chance for showers and storms, mainly later
Friday: humid air lingers as stormy weather probably departs
Saturday-Sunday: it’s looking like a mostly dry weekend at this point
Looking ahead to the week of August 31, it could be rather warm and humid to start, with a chance for 90-degree-heat, followed by a cool down — maybe just in time for school to start?
In the Atlantic Ocean, where hurricane season is nearing its peak, a tropical storm could form over the open ocean this week, but it currently looks unlikely to pose a long-term threat to the United States.
About 32 quadrillion miles away, there’s some interesting weather going on.
Interstellar winds are blowing the gas associated with the lobster nebula, a deep sky object that I was recently able to capture from New Zealand on a clear night. Apparently, it’s 70,000 degrees Fahrenheit in the center of that thing.
There won’t be an early taste of fall there!
