Nice Weekend Following Cool Friday Morning

In the short term, we are looking at a rather cool morning Friday as temps will fall across the entire state into the 40s except for the urban areas in SE PA.  Under clear skies and subsiding winds and with low dewpoints, temps will fall to some rather chilly levels overnight into tomorrow morning.  The strong June sun will quickly allow temps to rebound, but sunrise temps will be in the mid 40s!  Wow!

The map below shows the light winds with a very gentle NW flow.

But then by Saturday evening, a warm front will be advancing across PA.  Note the temps for around midnight Saturday night-Sunday morning.  The cool air is retreating northeastward while the warm air is invading from the SW.

This could touch off some showers and thunderstorms as the warmer air invades PA.  It is not a major warm up, just getting temps and dewpoints back to mre seasonable levels for what is now summertime.  I can hear Janis Joplin crooning away.....Summer..........time.......

 You can see the wind convergence at the surface of the earth which can dynamically lift the air producing the showers.  I'm not real bullish on much rain from this, but if you get under a heavier shower, you may not need to water the gardens for a couple of days!

In closing, I had a couple people mention that they were not familiar with Tinkers to Evers to Chance.  Then there were some who actually mentioned the Cubs with that famous combo.  So I'll leave you with this poem in honor of the most famous Chicago double play aside from Wrigley in the day and Comisky at night.

These are the saddest of possible words:
“Tinker to Evers to Chance.”
Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
Tinker and Evers and Chance.
Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double –
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
“Tinker to Evers to Chance.”

By Franklin Pierce Adams
New York Evening Mail July 10, 1910

Have a good Friday......

Smitty

AA:  Nice weekend following a cool morning Friday.  A chance of showers Saturday overnight into Sunday morning.