Is This Summer’s Last Blast?
Most areas in North Georgia enjoyed temperatures today in the mid to upper 80s in advance of an approaching cold front that will drop temperatures by 10 degrees by the weekend. Unfortunately, this front probably won’t be bringing us any rain - which we sorely need.
However, it looks like conditions will be changing drastically in another week. Right now, the upper level weather pattern features a ridge in the eastern half of the US, and a trough in the west. The ridge is responsible for the warm, dry weather we have seen for the last week or so.
By next Friday, the pattern is expected to flip, bringing a trough to the Eastern US. We will move from highs in the mid to upper 70s to highs in the 60s, and lows possibly in the 30s for the period from the 13th through the 17th or 18th, with a higher than normal chance of rain.
So, enjoy this weekend’s weather, do your gardening, and get up the early leaves - this may be the nicest weekend we’ll see for a while.
On another note, we’re now past the most rapid period of the fall for loss of daylight. Since the third week of August, we’ve lost over two minutes of light per day - and about an hour and a half of daylight through the period. This rate is now beginning to slow down, and will continue slow until the Winter Equinox in December, when the days will begin to get longer again.
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