Foiled Again by the MTA

Last night, when the storms came through, your fearless meteorologist was out in the field, right in the thick of it.  And by that I mean I was trapped on a misguided E train and had no idea of what was going on.  I shouldn't say had no idea what was going on.  I predicted (to my wife who can back me up on this) a passing squall line about 10 min before it happened.  So we got in the subway and then were trapped there for about an hour and I missed the whole thing.  Always a bride's maid. . . luckily, several of my friends gave me their eyewitness accounts of the storm (not nearly as cool as seeing it in person, no offense guys).  I felt like Rob Marciano.

Today's weather won't be nearly as exciting but won't be nearly as miserable as it's been recently either.  The cold front that came through last night and almost instantly (temps dropped 19 degrees in less than an hour at La Guardia) killed our heat wave as moved offshore.  High pressure is now building in from the upper Midwest and should remain in place until Friday.  Another cold front will drop down tonight from Canada but has essentially no moisture to work with, so no stormy goodness.  Without the moisture, the humidity will also go down making today and tonight much more comfortable even though temperatures will still be in the upper 80s.  We continue to cool off tomorrow with lower dewpoints and a more northerly flow.  The next chance for rain won't be until Saturday when a warm front pushes in from the west.  This will also make for a more humid, sticky weekend but not nearly as bad as the one we just had.  But even if it is gross out, I'll be in Wisconsin drinking beer and eating cheese.  Jealous?

Today:  Sunny and clear.  Less humid.  High 87.  Winds W @ 8mph.

Tonight:  Clear and breezy.  Evening lows in the upper 70s down to 68 by morning.  Winds N @ 8-12mph.

Tomorrow.  Sunny.  High 85.  Winds N/NE @ 8-10mph.