Story Published:
Jun 30, 2008 at 12:02 AM EST
Story Updated:
Jun 30, 2008 at 12:02 AM EST
An early summer cold front is expected to do what most cold fronts this time of year can't--bring drier, less humid air to our region.
This weekend, our area was right in the middle of a very humid airmass that provided a few showers and thunderstorms. But a cold front with an unusually strong area of dry high pressure behind it, is making its way southward out of Canada. The front should pass through our area by late today, with drier, less humid air to follow.
Tomorrow's high temperature is expected to reach near 90 degrees, but with less humidity, it will feel much more comfortable that the past few days. The air may be so dry that temperatures may threaten a record low Wednesday morning. The old record for Wednesday is 59, set in 1988, and the NBC Augusta StormTracker weather team is forecasting a low of 59.
This is not the first potent cold front to make it through our area this summer, however. Just last Wednesday, Augusta's low temperature fell to a near record low of 59 degrees.
Another nice day is expected this Wednesday, with highs in the lower 90s and dry air still in place, but by Thursday, the humidity will begin to creep back up, as moisture will return from the Gulf of Mexico into our region.
