Weekly Outlook: From summer humidity to early-spring crispness

Unfortunately, it’s Monday again. Fortunately our skies are mostly blue. And fortunately, we’re writing another weekly outlook.

While most of the Spring so far has avoided the warm, steamy days in favor of the very warm and dry days, that has changed somewhat over the past few days, but particularly today. We’ve had a persistent deep southwest flow, each day tapping more and more into the Gulf of Mexico. This southwest flow was aided by the remnants of Tropical Storm Ana, as counterclockwise flow around the storm system in the southern Mid Atlantic leads to a further fetch of southwest winds and tropical air.

As a result, temperatures are generally in the low 80s, with dewpoints in the mid 60s — creating a muggy June-like feel and causing many people to turn on their ACs.

Often times, deep southwest flow with the warm and humid airmass can trigger some showers and thunderstorms. We’ve actually already had a few form in parts of New Jersey.

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