Looks like it’s time for the Bermuda high to control our weather this week. The Bermuda high refers to an area of high pressure off the east coast that results in hot sticky days for us. The clockwise flow around an area of high pressure means we get hot, humid air coming up from the Gulf of Mexico, and because it’s high pressure, there’s plenty of sunshine to heat us up during the day and afternoon showers are inhibited. After last week, we could use a week like the one coming to dry out!
My rain gauge in Lorton recorded 3.82” of rain last week, which brings us to being up by 4.69” year to date. As you can see from the year to date precipitation graphic, there’s been a swath of above average precipitation extending southwest from Fairfax County through Culpeper and Orange counties toward a much larger area of above average precipitation across Southern Virginia.
