Sunny and Breezy

We took a glancing blow from Tropical Storm Ida yesterday as most locations received less than 0.5" of rain. That's a welcome relief as we've been deluged with over two feet of rain in the last couple of months. The other good news is that we're in store for another relatively dry weather pattern for the next several days. Aloft, we'll be under the influence of an upper level trough (the remnants of Ida) to our east, which will produce weak cold air advection aloft. At the surface, an area of high pressure to our west and north will produce northwesterly flow throughout the day. The combination of these two will result in sunny skies, gusty winds, and highs around 67. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph again today as a result of a strong pressure gradient. Skies will be clear this evening, but winds will stay up through the night. Therefore, lows tomorrow morning will be near 43.