UPDATED at 4:30 PM

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low: 24-27. Wind: NW 5 mph.

Saturday: Partly cloudy. High: 44-47. Wind: N 5 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low; 27-30. Wind: NE 5 mph.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy. High: mid-upper 40s.

Monday: Mostly cloudy. High: mid 40s.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. High: mid-upper 40s.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. High: upper 40s.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy. High: upper 40s.

Friday: Mostly cloudy. High: upper 40s.

It was a chilly start this morning with low temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s. Here are the morning lows on the map below.

This morning we had lots of sunshine but during the afternoon we have had some clouds in the area. The satellite image below is from this afternoon.

If you do have a clear sky over you this evening you can see the International Space Station. Some of you will not be able to see it due to the clouds. Here is the viewing information:

Time: 7:11 PM
Duration: 5 min
Path: NW to ENE about 30 deg above the horizon

High pressure across the middle of the country will get stuck and keep our weather dry. There will be some moisture trapped beneath the high so there will be some days that are mostly cloudy and mixed in there some sunshine. No precipitation is forecast. The wind will also be light through early next week. You will need to dress warmly because the temperatures will remain below normal.

Our weather will not change very much through early next week because the high pressure has no place to go. As we stay high and dry, people along the coast are watching Hurricane Sandy as it travels up the east coast. Sandy is forecast to become extratropical as it get towards New Jersey. Extratropical means that it no longer has the tropical features hurricanes do. One example is that it doesn’t need the warm ocean water to survive. Extratropical storms that were once tropical in nature typically produce widespread flooding along the coast and inland.  here is how much rain is forecast through Wednesday morning from the storm on the east coast.

Here is the forecast position of the storm Tuesday morning.

So back to our weather…we will have more of the same until the east coast storm turns northeast toward southeast Canada late next week.