The weather for the Mid Atlantic region has remained more or less acceptable in the region but low level clouds have filtered back into the region under northeasterly winds, creating the "marine layer"-esque type weather set-up for us. This in turn has kept temperatures in the 70s, but out west they have run all the way into the 80s.

Don't expect any widespread rain showers tonight, but some drizzle and overnight fog look like a good bet given a high moisture content and light winds.

Tomorrow, expect a little more cloud cover than today-but breaks in the overcast can be expected from time to time.

There is at least a small chance some scattered light showers develop ahead of a cold front Thursday afternoon, but even with good amounts of low level water content, there really wont be any 'trigger' to help set the showers off. The better rain chance moves in Friday as the front nears the region and pulls a plume of tropical moisture northward into the Mid Atlantic area. A low pressure center looks to develop along the cold front just off the east coast as the cold front stalls briefly Friday night.

This system may turn out to bring us a little relief to this little drought we've been experiencing due to an abnormally dry September with only .11" of rain recorded at DC--the driest September on record. This event has the potential to throw down anywhere from .5" to 1.5" of rain over the region through Saturday night.

The cold front mentioned above is currently situated in the upper Midwest and has dropped temperatures by as much as 30 degrees in 24 hours! Winter storm warnings are in effect all across the Upper Midwest for 6 to potentially 12" of the white stuff through Wednesday night.