Weather Stories: Navigating Highs, Lows, and Halloween Forecasts with Steve Pellettiere

What if the weather could tell a story of its own? Join meteorologist Steve Pelletier as he guides you through a captivating narrative of warmth, frost, and atmospheric intrigue. As the eastern half of the U.S. finds itself under the embrace of a robust high-pressure system, prepare for an unseasonable rise in temperatures, just in time for Halloween festivities. Steve paints a vivid picture of sunny skies and dry conditions stretching across the Northeast, while hinting at a possible shift towards much-needed rain as we usher in November.

Meanwhile, the West Coast faces its own saga of rainfall that could impact travel plans from California to Washington. From potential showers in the Midwest to clear skies in the Southeast and Texas, Steve provides a comprehensive look at what lies ahead for travelers and trick-or-treaters alike. Whether your plans involve flying from Boston to DC or navigating wet conditions in Seattle, Steve has the latest updates to prepare you for the week. Tune in as he breaks down the weather patterns that influence our daily lives, offering insights and forecasts that blend science with storytelling.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Hi, this is meteorologist Steve Pelletier and I am the Weatherman. Thanks for checking in to theweathermanpodcom on your Monday. It's the 28th day of October already 2024, and it's the last several days of October. We're going to be gradually warming, but we did have widespread frost in many communities across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast during the morning hours on this Monday. But as the day wears on, it's a strong southerly flow. The area of high pressure is building offshore. There's a warm front that extends from central Canada all the way down through the northern Great Lakes, then extending into New York State, and that warm front will move through and we're going to feel it as the week continues. High pressure will be the main feature along the eastern half of the nation and it looks like temperatures will reach all the way up to near 80 by the last day of this month, on Thursday. So trick-or-treaters will probably have a fair but mild day around the region, as this high pressure will be anchored just offshore. As we get closer to the weekend, areas of rain that are moving into the west coast, extending from a good portion of California all the way up through Oregon and into Washington State, will continue to drift gradually eastward and eventually an area of low pressure may form around the Gulf and head towards the northeast, with the next cold front due to arrive here sometime, either later Friday or early Saturday, as we head into the first weekend of November and return to eastern standard time this upcoming weekend. But until that point it's going to be dry and it's record dry conditions for the northeast corridor for the remainder of October. In many places only trace amounts of rainfall, as I mentioned, and it's been a very, very dry month and, as we mentioned yesterday's report, it does mean something for the winter. Three-quarters of the time we had a more active winter after having dry conditions in September and October over the last 150 years. Weather for the northeast corridor well, it's looking pretty good Sunshine today, 60 to 65. At night it'll be fair but not as chilly, only down into the upper 30s and lower 40s, and our weather on Tuesday even warmer 65 to 70. Into 70s on Wednesday, about 75 to 80. A good possibility for Thursday, halloween Thursday of this week, on the last day of the month, open up November with fair mild conditions, but a strong frontal system will be moving through and that will give us the possibility of some much-needed rain, maybe sometime later Friday or early portion of the weekend, but still a little question on that at this point.

Speaker 1: 2:14

If you're flying on this Monday, dry conditions from Boston to New York to DC. No problems there. In Charlotte and Atlanta, of course, no problems In Southern Toronto and South Florida, good weather continues. Good weather also in Texas from Austin to Houston and all the way up into Dallas-Fort Worth. St Louis looking pretty good. Could be some showers in Chicago, but no major weather problems there. Minneapolis-st Paul also showing fair conditions Set on the west coast in Seattle and Portland. That's where you're going to have heavy rains sometimes and that could cause some delays into there. They have heavy rains sometimes and that could cause some delays into there. Also some scattered showers into San Francisco and the San Jose area, all the way down to Los Angeles and even San Diego Might be a few showers, but no major problems flying into those places Monday or Tuesday. I'm Meteorologist Steve Pelletier and I'm the weatherman. Hope you have a great day today. Talk to you first thing on Tuesday, take care.