Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Cooler Temps and Showers

Area Forecast- Union, NJ
(March 23 to March 28)

This weather this past weekend was a great start to Spring, but with Spring also comes showers and the thunderstorm last night was the first for the area this season and the temperatures this week will be much cooler than last week. For today we can expect a high near 59 and chance for rain in the afternoon as a low pressure system passes over the region. Wind will be slightly breezy from the southwest at 7 mph. For tonight we can expect a chance of rain before 3 am and low near 40. The wind will increase for tonight as the low pressure system passes through creating a strong pressure gradient. Winds will be from the west at 13 to 20 mph. The pressure gradient remains strong as we can expect breezy conditions for Wednesday with west winds at 17 to 23 mph. We can also expect mostly sunny skies and a high near 60. Wednesday night will be mostly clear with a low around 38 and west wind at 10 to 14 mph. For Thursday we can expect mostly sunny skies and a high near 58. A cold front will be moving into the region for Thursday night as we can expect a chance of rain after midnight and a low around 38. The cold front will pass through the region by Friday as we can expect a chance for showers before noon and a high in the mid 40s. Yup that's right I said 40s. Friday night looks to be clear with a low at 29. High pressure will build in the region for Saturday into Sunday as we can expect mostly sunny skies and a high near 48 for Saturday. Temperatures will rebound for Sunday as we can expect sunny skies and a high of 54.

source: NOAA

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