Humidity rising but showers Saturday should cool temperatures

METEOROLOGIST TOM TASSELMYER. ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY. TEMPERATURES WARMING JUST A LITTLE BIT WITH A LIGHT SOUTH BREEZE STARTING TO INCREASE THE HUMIDITY LEVELS A BIT. WE STARTED THE DAY WITH SOME CLOUD COVER. IT BURNED OFF TO SOME AFTERNOON SUNSHINE ENOUGH TO GET THE TEMPERATURE WARMING UP TO 80 DEGREES TODAY. STILL A COUPLE DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. HIGH NOW ABOUT 83 TO 84 DEGREES. IT FEELS A LITTLE WARMER, THOUGH. WITH THAT HUMIDITY STARTING TO MOVE UP. NOTICE THE DEW POINT AT 60. WE STARTED THIS WEEK WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 40S. VERY DRY AIR AND LOW HUMIDITY AND SUNNY SKIES AND THE PATTERN IS SLOWLY BEGINNING TO EVOLVE JUST A LITTLE BIT TO A SLIGHTLY WARMER, MORE HUMID WEATHER PATTERN, WHICH WILL STICK WITH US. BUT FOR SO, SO FAR THAT MORNING CLOUD COVER HAS DISSIPATED AND WE’LL ENJOY QUITE A BIT OF SUNSHINE AND CLEAR SKIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING. NOTICE THAT CLOUD COVER IS LURKING THOUGH JUST OFFSHORE AND WITH EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS, WE MIGHT SEE SOME OF IT FORMING AGAIN. THAT OCEAN AIR COMES IN AND THEN COOLS AND CONDENSES OVERNIGHT, AND WE MAY WELL HAVE SOME CLOUD COVER IN THE AREA AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON, ESPECIALLY TOWARD EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. BUT THE BETTER CHANCE FOR CLOUDS AND SHOWERS IS THIS FRONT THAT SHOWS UP ON OUR SATELLITE RADAR. COMPOSITE STRETCHING FROM EASTERN CANADA THROUGH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. A LOT OF WET WEATHER DOWN HERE ON THE GULF COAST. IN FACT, THE HURRICANE CENTER KEEPING AN EYE DOWN HERE TO SEE IF ANY KIND OF TROPICAL SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS. BUT OUR RAIN CHANCE COMES FROM THIS LITTLE BAND OF SHOWERS THAT WILL BE COMING IN FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND PASSING THROUGH BALTIMORE ONCE IT MOVES THROUGH. THEN SOME COOL DRY AIR WILL SETTLE IN BEHIND IT, AND THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND SHOULD BE FINE, BUT YOU NOTICE THE CLOUD COVER INCREASING AS WE HEAD TOWARD SATURDAY MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES A LITTLE MILDER IN THE 60S. SHOWERS THOUGH TOMORROW MORNING FROM HAGERSTOWN BACK TO DEEP CREEK LAKE, AND THAT THEN MOVES INTO BALTIMORE MIDDAY FROM, SAY, LATE MORNING, TEN 11:00 IN THE MORNING UP UNTIL ABOUT 2 OR 3 IN THE AFTERNOON. WE MAY HAVE SOME HIT AND MISS SHOWERS POPPING UP AND MOVING THROUGH THE AREA, BUT BY 7:00 THE SKIES ARE CLEARING ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING EAST OF US, AND AFTER THAT IT WILL BE CLEAR AND COOL. IN FACT, KIND OF CHILLY SUNDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES DIPPING INTO THE 40S IN MANY AREAS AROUND BALTIMORE AND 30S IN THE MOUNTAINS. OFF TO OUR WEST. SO THAT FRONT COMING THROUGH WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS TOMORROW WILL BRING IN SOME COOLER AIR FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND. 60S FOR LOWS TONIGHT WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND SUNSET AT 729. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 70S. THE WINDS ARE GOING TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. ONCE THAT FRONT MOVES ON BY. AND THAT AGAIN USHERS IN SOME COOLER AIR. AND LOOK AT THAT STRETCH OF SUNNY WEATHER. ONCE THE SHOWER CHANCES MOVE OUT TOMORROW. SUNNY SKIES FOR