Today's nimbostratus clouds, the dullard of all cloud types, can't hold a candle to yesterday's Ghostbusters skies in terms of appearance, but they may give us a bit of much needed rain. The city is on the western edge of a rain blob being produced by an upper level disturbance over southern New England. While central Connecticut is getting walloped with rain, the city should only see drizzle and a maybe a scattered shower or two, and even that will fade out by mid-afternoon. A second disturbance, this one headed our way via Pennsylvania, might produce another round of weak showers this evening. Today's high will be in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Upper 60s appears to be the case for tomorrow's high as well. At least some sun will poke through the clouds. The sun is expected to be out in force on Friday as the high climbs to the low 70s, which is slightly warmer than normal for early October. Saturday is looking lousy for outdoor activities as a strong cold front draws near. It looks like we could see a lot of rain and a high in the upper 60s. Much more fall-like weather is expected on Sunday when the high should only reach the mid 60s under mostly sunny skies.
Today's gloomy chill is a change of pace from our warm, dry September. Last month was 1.7 degrees warmer than normal in Central Park, making September the third month this year to be warmer than average. Only 1.21 inches of rain fell last month. That's not only the driest month this year but the driest month since 0.96 inches of precipitation fell in March 2012.
