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September 25, 2007

Record-breaking temperatures likely

If it starts to feel a bit tropical today, you have the Bermuda High to thank.

Charles Foley, at the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass., says this type of weather pattern – with high pressure, clockwise winds – gets its tropical name because it’s so large that it extends from the east coast of the U.S., all the way to Bermuda.

Warm, dry weather is typical for the system, which carries mild, dry air from the southwest up to New England. But the system is not typical of late September; it usually shows up in July and August.

The record high temperature records for today and tomorrow are 89 degrees, set in 1920 and 1930, respectively.

“We stand a good chance of breaking both records today and tomorrow,” Foley said. But the heat should break late Thursday, he said, making way for a cold front and probably some rain.

We’ll see another high pressure system this weekend, Foley said, but with more seasonable temperatures and dry weather.

“For this time of the year,” he said, “you look for temperatures just about 70 or 71 degrees.”

Fall is set to arrive, it will just be a week late.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 11:36 AM | Permalink

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