Chilly and Dry

The chilly weather pattern will continue through the middle of next week with highs in the upper 40's and lows in the upper 20's. Temperatures will average about 10 degrees below normal for the next 4 days followed by a warming trend that will slowly lift temperatures back up into the middle 50's by next Saturday.  Little if any precipitation is expected. The major news weather wise for the country will be the evolution, and movement of Hurricane Sandy along the east coast. Numerical models are indicating the development of a super storm that will be a hybrid of sorts that will hit the mid Atlantic coast near the Washington DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia area on Monday night or Tuesday. Numerous states of emergency have been declared well in advance of land fall in Maryland, Delaware, eastern Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania for wind damage, power outages, storm surge in coastal areas, and flooding from heavy rains. There is even the possibility of heavy wet damaging snows of 1 to 2 feet across parts of the West Virginia mountains above 2,500 feet.