STRETCH OF FAIR, LATE SUMMER WEATHER TO CONTINUE VIRTUALLY UNABATED THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK

A broad area of high pressure and a pronounced absence of any storminess will continue right through much of next week. The only chances of light rain showers appear for Saturday night (late at night) and again late in the day or evening on Tuesday. Temps will average near normal, with a slight increase in humidity for the weekend before it backs off for Monday.

Since August 20th, Central Park has had less than two inches of total rainfall. And unless we start to see the appearance of coastal storms or an influence from the tropics, the month of September will finish much like August did with warmer-than-average temps and below normal precipitation.

In the long run, one of the benefits of such a pattern can be a spectacular color display in the high ground of the Northeast states

Accuweather Fall Foliage Map:

intellicast temps:

NOAA five-day precip shows a dearth of activity by and large through Sunday:

more later...