Cold End To October

Despite yesterdays sultry 78 degrees at Dulles Airport, October will probably finish below normal because starting tomorrow till the end of the month, most days will struggle to reach Normal. The heart of the unusual cool will be during the early part of next week where temps might be 15-20 degrees colder than normal. So far in October, temps are about normal to slightly below, but by the end of the month, I am confident we will finish safely below normal giving us our 2^nd month in a row like this. This is significant because it’s been a long time since we have had 2 months in a row with below normal temps. As a matter of fact, 14 of the last 15 months have been above normal and last winter and this past summer was considered the warmest ever recorded in the United States. This is also significant because I am predicting a snowy and colder winter than we have seen in while.

Anyway…enough of the stats. A storm brewing in the Gulf will track west of the I95 corridor(A great track for Ohio Valley snow if it was winter) giving us a good chance for severe weather tomorrow .The heavy more widespread rain will be mostly in the Ohio Valley. Once the storm passes, colder air will slow start spreading east. This weekend will be nice but you will really start to feel the chill by Monday.