Speaker 1: 0:00

Hi, this is video author Steve Pelletier and I'm the weatherman. Thanks for checking into theweathermanpodcom on your Friday. It's the 15th day, the Ides, of August, and we're looking halfway through the month and it's a month that's been a little bit above normal temperature-wise across the northeast part of it, very low on precip. The amount of rainfall we've had in many places less than an inch in most areas, and it does look like we might see a few showers or a thunderstorm later Sunday. That could be a little bit more intense, but a few isolated and scattered showers, likely especially across from Philadelphia down to Wilmington, baltimore and then down into DC during this afternoon as well. But it does look a little bit drier as you head further off to the north. First, an update on Erin it's still a tropical storm becoming a hurricane today. On Erin, it's still a tropical storm becoming a hurricane today, as winds last evening were already up to 60 miles per hour 70 miles per hour, actually 60 knots, and that means that moving to become a hurricane over the next 12 hours was a sure bet. And the storm continues to move towards the west and northwest at 15 miles per hour and it looks like it's going to stay offshore. Just take a look at the latest european model as far as tracking is concerned. It'll probably be due east of hatteras, north carolina, by a good safe margin, almost a thousand miles, uh, by sometime on thursday of next week one week from today, actually, or one week from yesterday and it does look like it will be turning up the atlantic quite a bit. It's higher tides and rough seas. However, it does look like it will be churning up the Atlantic quite a bit Higher tides and rough seas. However, it does look like it will stay offshore. So that's good news as far as Erin is concerned, to be on the hurricane and then a major hurricane as it will be out in the Atlantic.

Speaker 1: 1:37

Our weather situation for the Northeast Carter looking at partly sunny skies today, with a chance of an isolated shower here and there, especially south, as I mentioned. Temperatures ranging in the 80s to near 90s. Probably not as warm, but it has been getting up to near 90s about every day over the last several days. Temperatures on Saturday holding in the 80s, but a good deal of sunshine as high pressure builds in from the northwest and it does look like another frontal system arriving on Sunday. Of course, some heavy thunderstorms across New York State and southern New England Sunday afternoon, sunday evening arriving in the east and through New York City, philadelphia and Baltimore, probably sometime overnight Sunday into Monday. Then we get into some drier and seasonably nice weather as we head into the middle of next week. Still a bit on the warm side to start, but then cooling back to near normal. Normal temperatures this time of year should be a high of about 82. Nighttime lows should be down to around 70. And we have been significantly above that over the last several days.

Speaker 1: 2:31

If you are flying today, it looks like the weather situation is a little bit better along the eastern sea where there are a few light showers around. I don't think it's going to cause any major problems. In the New York area Newark, new York, laguardia, jfk you end up nice slipping out in the Westchester area it doesn't look too bad. There will be some scattered showers and thunderstorms in Baltimore and Philadelphia as well, but again on the lighter side during the afternoon hours. Atlanta looks like it's better, just a slight shower and thunderstorm action in Charlotte. Also, central and south Florida looking better. Maybe the west coast a little bit more thunderstorm action as that trend continues.

Speaker 1: 3:05

Houston's looking generally dry but hot. Dallas-fort Worth. Hazy, hot and humid all the way up into Oklahoma. Looks like dry weather in Chicago, but rainy conditions in Minneapolis, st Paul, and it looks like rainy conditions. The monsoons continue across the four corners. It looks like fair, dry conditions, but warm LA. San Diego, north of San Francisco, but rainy weather Moving in to Portland and Seattle later today. I'm your manager, steve Pelletieri, and I'm the weatherman. Hope you have a great day today. If you haven't done so already, make sure you check into Jeff Morrison's report that I narrated on yesterday when two hurricanes devastated the Delaware Valley the catastrophic floods of August 1955, the 70th anniversary, and that comes up on the 17th of August, when the second hurricane reached. So check that out. It's really a good listen. In the meantime, though, I hope you have a great day today. Talk to you first thing on Saturday. See you then.