Another foggy, misty, muggy morning greets Mainers, as the pattern of humidity continues. The good news, the drop in humidity will be slowly arriving during Wednesday.

This morning there are some showers and storms in the western part of New England, but the movement of these showers is predominately to the north. The reason for this, the frontal system bringing the showers is also moving at slow pace eastward. Notice some of the warmer red colors in the image loop below. These are heavier downpours and during the day they will continue to inch into the region.

The future radar which takes us through 6 p.m. this evening, indicates the progress of the front will remain slow. Even by this sunset, the coast may not have seen any showers. Now, this is just one radar prediction and with so much humidity in the air there could be a pop-up shower during the day, but they certainly won’t be widespread.

The slow movement of the front to the coastline will allow the humidity to linger about 12 to 18 hours longer than I expected back on Sunday. This means one more uncomfortable night tonight and it will feel rather muggy much of Wednesday. Eventually, as the hours progress tomorrow, the dew points will lower and the air will feel better, especially by the evening.

I’ll refer you to the chart below which shows basic elements of our weather over the next two days. We can see how the dew point remains well into the 60s even around 5 p.m, but then finally trails off to below 60 degrees by early Thursday. A 60 degree dew point is around where most of you consider the air to no longer be muggy. As the number falls into the 50s, it will feel great by Thursday morning.

Although tomorrow is somewhat muggy, there will also be a mix of sunshine and clouds along with seasonably warm temperatures. This pattern of sunshine and dry weather is going to remain with us for much of the upcoming 5 to 7 day period meaning the upcoming weekend will be ideal.

Our final weekend of August should feature fabulous beach weather along with comfortable levels of humidity. It may turn a bit more humid early next week, but I don’t see a return to a 10 day pattern of this type of weather.

Tropical Storm Erika
We have a new tropical storm on the map this morning known as Erika. This storm is taking a similar path to Danny before her, but unlike Danny, this storm will continue to gain or maintain strength as it moves westward. This particular storm will get close to the United States and certainly bears watching.

The current forecast from the National Hurricane Center takes Erika towards Puerto Rico and Hispaniola later this week and near the Bahamas this weekend.

It’s just too early to know right now what impacts Tropical Storm Erika may bring to the eastern Caribbean or anywhere else, but you’ll definitely be hearing about her in the news for a while.

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