Dry and warm conditions for Election Day

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) Mainly dry conditions persist for today, although things will begin to change for the wetter Tuesday night. Through tomorrow, a Cold Air Damming wedge will remain fairly dominant, though the source high will slide eastward off the Atlantic coastline of the Northeast. Meanwhile, the flow in the upper levels will transition into southwest flow through the day ahead of a longwave trough swinging from the Plains into the Mississippi Valley by Tuesday evening. The initial effect will be a continued increase in cloud cover through Tuesday as moisture gradually increases ahead of this system. Easterly winds will also remain breezy through the day and into Tuesday night given the increasing gradient ahead of the incoming storm system. Conditions will remain dry for the most part until late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning as scattered showers begin to encroach into West and Northwest Georgia. The bulk of the rain will hold off until Wednesday, however, a