Jessica Rennells, NOAA Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University
Last week temperatures ranged from normal to 6 degrees above normal. Precipitation amounts ranged from a trace to half an inch. The base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 75 to 150 for most of the state.
Hot! We’ll have one more day of heat before a cold front comes through to bring us back to normal temperatures. Temperatures will continue to cool into next week as a large upper low persists over the Northeast.
Today will be hot & humid with temperatures in the upper 80’s and throughout the 90’s, and heat indices into the 100’s. A cold front will move across the state, starting in the evening, and bring a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Overnight temperatures will be in the mid 60’s to low 70’s.
Friday temperatures will be closer to normal, in the upper 70’s and low 80’s. The Catskills and lower Hudson Valley could still see some near 90. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible as the front moves along. Lows will be in the mid 50’s to low 60’s.
Saturday will be sunny with highs in the upper 70’s and low 80’s. Lows will be in the mid 50’s to low 60’s.
Sunday will be partly sunny with temperatures in the mid 70’s to low 80’s. Overnight temperatures will be in the mid 50’s to low 60’s.
Monday scattered showers will be possible with highs only in the low to mid 70’s. Lows will be in the 50’s.
Tuesday will be cool with highs in the mid 60’s to low 70’s and a chance of showers. Lows will be in the 50’s.
Wednesday’s temperatures will also be cool, in the mid 60’s to low 70’s. Overnight temperatures will be in the 50’s.
The five-day precipitation amounts will range from .25 to 1.25 inches. The 8-14 day out look is below normal temperatures and normal precipitation.
Maps of 8-14 day outlooks:
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/814day/index.php
National Weather Service watch/warnings map:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/hq/
NRCC Drought Page which features the US Drought Monitor map (updated every Thursday):
http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/page_drought.html
