First Nor'easter of the 2010-11 Season

Perhaps a sign of things to come..If this was winter time this would essentially be called a Saskatchewan screamer. The mid level shortwave this afternoon was located over Saskatchewan and will be dropping to the Southeast. This low pressure area will essentially go over our heads and meanwhile another area of low pressure will develop off and along the mid atlantic coast on thursday. Kind of an energy transfer that you would see during the winter and then this low pressure along the coast will deepen as it moves Northeastward and provide the region with the potential of heavy rain on thursday into friday.
As the storm system pulls away however, high pressure will begin to push in from the west and the gradient between the low pressure and the high pressure will create strong gusty winds for the day on Saturday. Winds could be between 30-40 MPH and will likely be necessary to issue wind advisories.